I am pro-life to the point where I believe that a child conceived during a rape (very rare) or incest should not be murdered. That is MY position.
However, I understand that there are many who are pro-life who disagree with that, and I also understand that a pro-life bill with no exceptions would fail. FAIL.
The question is, do we want NO progress made, or do we want MAJOR progress made?
Those who are saying that President Bush is 'angering his base' by making those exceptions are just plain wrong.
Even those of us who are complete pro-Lifers understand that others disagree on these points and are still against abortion.
President Bush is consistently pro-life, and anyone who screams that he is not because of this statement is lying.
Understand that?? They are LYING. (which is, in case they don't know it, a SIN).
This bill is designed to go to the Supreme Court on purpose. There is a similar bill brewing in the Ohio legislature.
In both cases, the bills are crafted to have certain strengths and certain weaknesses. They are designed to have points that will cause them to be challenged. Designed. The intent is to use one of these two if not others as a challenge to Roe.
But there is a method to the madness of the South Dakota and the pending Ohio bills.