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On a personal side, I think all babies should be brought to term if it isn’t likely to kill the mother in the process. But on a political side, I think way too much division is caused over something that affects very few cases and the Left successfully uses it as a wedge between pro-lifers to keep them from seeing the big picture which is the millions of abortions that take place legally each year while we fight about the extreme cases.

I’m willing to accept the “three exceptions” if it will get the ball rolling to stop the other 98% of abortions that don’t fit these categories.

Once we’ve legally stopped the other 98%, THEN we can argue about the rest. Until then, it is a waste of our time.

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I agree with your position both morally and politically.

IMHO, the way we cut through all the awkwardness to make this politically viable is to state our position like this:

"We are pro-choice. With consensual sex, the mother has made the choice. If you become pregnant through consensual sex, abortion will not be allowed, except to save the life of the mother.

In the case of rape or incest, the mother did not have a choice. Abortion will be allowed."

I am a man, and I cannot begin to imagine the phenomenal anguish that a woman, or child in many cases, must undergo when impregnated because of rape or incest. That decision must be between he and her god. For us to propose to legislate against that would be political suicide, and would keep us preventing all those other abortions resulting from consensual sex.

Let's get the victory now, move the ball toward our goal line, and worry about the rest later.

In the case of rape or incest, the mother did not have a choice. Abortion will be allowed."

But then pregnant rape victims will have to go in front of some authority figure, like a judge, and say, "I was raped. Please let me have an abortion." She'd have a short period of time to somehow prove she was raped. And we know darned well millions of women will suddenly start claiming to have been raped so they could get abortions, and innocent men will be accused! I just don't think that would work. Abortion either needs to be legal on demand, or totally illegal in all cases except, perhaps, when a doctor determines that it's necessary to save the mother's life. It would be a lot harder for women to get some doctor to lie and say that their life was in danger, though no doubt it would be attempted.