Like another FReeper eloquently said, nothing gets the patriotic juices of Rats flowing like fighting for the "right" to terminate unborn children.
Damn everything else in the Constitution, just protect abortion.
I know you are right. what I cannot get my head around is why? is it really all about the money? what benefit do they get from murdering babies?
Think 1960's like they do - they reserve the 'right' to kill their mistakes if they get high and get knocked up. They reserve the 'right' to kill, rather than take on the responsibility of a life. Life's just a big pot party, and war protest, and the sex is free in their warped world.
They have several goals.
First is to free women from the consquences of our actions, making us less responsible and thoughtful about what we do, hence less adult.
Second is to decrease the value we place on life. Inconvenient people such as unwanted babies, severely mentally retarded or mentally injured people (think Terri Schiavo), elderly people who can no longer make decisions for themselves (dementia or Alzheimer's victims, for example), etc., are all targets for abortion or having the feeding tube pulled or withholding medical care.
Third, by cheapening life they can weaken the argument that we are the children of God, responsible to Him for the way we lead our lives, therefore decreasing the moral principles and context which give our lives structure and meaning.
Fourth, by cheapening life they increase the possibility of human embryos being created for the purpose of harvesting stem cells. It also raises the specter of human beings being grown for use as organ donors.
The Liberals have lots of jolly plans for us in the future. And once they've established that human life is not divinely inspired and worthy of protection, on what basis will we be able to fight them?
In the ancient times, the Canaanites and Phoenicians would sacrifice babies to Baal, burning them in a fiery furnace. It was a sacrament to their fervently held beliefs, a ritual to invoke power.
Now, the furnace is in the basement of the abortuaries.