“Don’t talk about it”
Yeah, great strategy.... until the MSM asks you about it... What do you do then? Change the subject?
Conservatives need to learn how to be STRONG on this issue. I had an abortion debate with someone recently. They were pro-choice, but through some very basic arguments, I got them to the point where they felt uncomfortable about their own positions, and agreed that abortion should be more difficult to get, with strict limits and regulations. I’m not a master debater, I just know my arguments, and I know the arguments on the other side.
We could learn a lot from Reagan. I think it was the Mondale debate, in which he was asked about his pro-life position, and he had a great analogy about a man in California killing his wife’s baby during a night of drunken abuse. He was charged with murder. Killing a baby, whether you are a mother, father, or stranger, is murder.
Ask liberals if they would be happy to perform an abortion. They will likely shuffle uncomfortably and say, “no”. Follow up by asking why they would support an action they clearly find to be too morally abhorrent to carry out themselves. Ask them if they could look at pictures of aborted children without cringing, and if not, why would they support what is shown?
We can win this argument, because we are right. We just need to know our stuff, and argue it well. Make it an issue of morality and life. Choice is a wonderful thing, but I cannot just “choose” to kill the guy in front of me at Target because it would be “convenient”. If we want to tackle the problem of unplanned pregnancy in this country, we have to battle the root cause, and not throw out a quick fix that takes an innocent life.
This should be ISSUE #1 when it comes to planning for the future elections, because we handled this question terribly this time around, and the MSM are eager to ask it again.
You welcome the question, and first say it is so important the answer needs to be put into writing rather than sound bytes. Have your position written down clearly for all to see, and make clear why abortion is the last choice a civil person should ever make; that only in the rarest of circumstances would it be morally acceptable. Even then it points to a condition in our midst that warrants thinking on a higher plane.
Civility also entails forgiveness. The law is unforgiving. I do not think legslation will change the hearts of women who are willfully ignorant or evil, but loud, incessant voices pointing to the good may save many innocent lives.
From a legal perspective the issue is most definitely better determined at local and state levels.