I don't understand your points and the points in the article. I agree with another poster that says this sort of thing could marginalize efforts.
Gonzales says that he upholds the law. Sadly abortion is legal.
He doesn't make the laws.
I don't see this makes him in any way unfit for AG.
The real efforts need to be directed towards the legislators, not someone whose job is just to uphold the law.
The part you're missing is that they WANT all things to be about abortion and they WANT anything that isn't to be marginalized.
see post 27