[utahagen]

Voltaire said, “Le miuex est le’enemie du bien”, meaning, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” In theory, all pro-lifers are against all or almost all abortions. However, a large and growing number of us will support legislation that saves even a few lives. As long as we make it clear we are aiming to save every life we can, it isn't wrong to back the incremental approach. For example, the Catholic bishops supported the ban on paretial-birth abortions; they didn't say, “If it won't save every baby, to hell with it.”

[Notary Sojac]

a large and growing number of us will support legislation that saves even a few lives.

Totally agree. But express that view in certain quarters here at FR and you'd better be wearing a flameproof suit.

How many unrestricted abortions a year are the absolutists prepared to accept while they wait for perfection? Apparently quite a few.