“I disagree, of course.”
About what? That the exception should or shouldn't be made? Of COURSE we disagree on that.
If that's our point of disagreement - you believe that abortion is acceptable to save the life of the mother, I don't - then there's little need to go on.
I'm not going to try to persuade you otherwise. I'm merely pointing out that you're not quite the “purist,” either. The difference between you and pro-lifers who accept abortion in cases of rape is a difference of degree, not kind.
“During those efforts, however, 54 million babies have been killed. And the killings proceed at a pretty quick pace.
“A little rescue is in order.”
I agree!
Which is why I would TRULY be delighted to get to a legal regime that prohibited abortion except in cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother, as that would RESCUE 96% of babies who would otherwise be aborted, and that is a legal regime that would be accepted far more readily than prohibiting abortions even where women become pregnant as a result of rape.
Here's a quote from an essay by Ramesh Ponnuru (someone, by the way, who agrees with me on the issue of abortion - they're ALL unjustifiable, even to “save a woman's life"):
“A combined 59 percent of men said that abortion should be legal either in no circumstances or in only a few; 56 percent of women chose those responses.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/314640/abortion-and-gender-gap-numbers-ramesh-ponnuru
It is at least POSSIBLE to get to a legal regime that is actually endorsed by a majority of Americans.
Even there, it may still take years and years to get to that point. We haven't even hit the first major legal milestone - overturning, vacating or otherwise vitiating the effects of Roe.
To get to the point where YOU'D be happy might take an extra few decades. Or more. In the meanwhile, babies are dyin'.
So, c’mon over and join the crowd: The actual majority of Americans who would actually accept prohibiting in law 96% of abortions!
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Actually, I've been saying otherwise. Where have you been?
That is the prevention side of the equation, which I endorsed.
I also said there should be a rescue side that operates as well, given that you are saying any progress in prevention "may still take years and years to get to that point."
Apparently, you aren't enamoured with there being any rescue side of the abortion equation.