Furthermore, I don't need YOU to tell me how to respond to the article. I call them as I see them.
I am twice your age, got involved in the pro-life movement in college 24 years ago and frequently addressed the issue in my Liberal arts classrooms where I was the ONLY, and I do mean the only pro-life, conservative Republican and have been involved one way or another ever since.
I know all about how most of those in power have appeased and undercut the movement and I don't need a history lesson from you. I have also known people in the grass roots who have been unwilling to compromise about anything pro-life for the past 25 to 30 years, and thus it is nothing new. I resent the author trying to present it as such, and would wager that if she has been involved that long, she was probably unwilling to compromise years ago and thus her plea is disengenuous.
The issue is not one of compromise anyway. We have been unable to promote anything but teeney weeney incremental steps for the past 15 years and haven't come close to getting even those compromises the author so dislikes on the table.
The REAL issue is when will we get legislators, who are willing to actively promote the pro-life agenda?
Yes, that is the issue. And we ought to spend more time on it than on attacking those pro-lifers who are too staunch. They are few and far between. As for your comments on age: Good for you, I'm glad you've been a pro-lifer for so long. There are plenty of pro-abortionists who are older than you. I hope you don't think it means they're wiser or that they have nothing to learn from you.