I can help you on the abortion issue.
Do you not think it is somewhat of a contradiction that liberals are anti-death penalty and very indignant when babies are accidentally killed by US bombs in Iraq but seem to be so indifferent to a young life snuffed out in the womb?
I can even share some of the qualms the libs have over the death penalty.And mourn for those innocent children killed in Iraq.
But,if you say you value human life,why do you not agonize over third trimester murders aka abortions?
Abortion is THE quintessential “liberal” issue.
“Liberalism” is, at its basic level, simply defined as using authority to force the responsible and innocent to pay for the consequences of the behaviors of the irresponsible and guilty. Couple this with the fact that the only “freedoms” that they actually support all have to do with sexual behavior.
Abortion is making the MOST innocent human pay for, with its very life, the often irresponsible sexual behavior of another human.
Like most good leftists, when faced with the fact stated above, they will tout the fringe cases of rape, incest, etc to justify the other 99% which fit my definition.