I am in complete agreement that ALL abortion is murder and unimaginably evil, and that we are obligated to protect the unborn. So is regular murder, but we handle that at the level of the states; abortion and any other issues not covered by explicitly enumerated as Federal powers in the Constitution should be handled by the states. Don’t you see, it is allowing the federal government domain here that gave us Roe vs. Wade. If you throw this to the Fed, they are just as likely to come out with a “Universal Right to Abortion”. Overturning Roe vs. Wade, and returning this decision to the states (where the majority oppose most abortions)is the safer path. We are on the same side here, which I wish most people would try to see. We fight each other more than the enemy, we just see different methods to accomplish it. The godless nation that we have devolved into is led by a godless government, I do not want to trust them do what is right; they NEVER have before, so making abortion and gay marriage a federal issue is too risky. They will promote death and sodomy, as they have to date. Leave it to my state and even local governments, then there is hope, at least here in flyover country.
Let's say that only one State decides to fulfill it's duty and protect the life of the unborn from murder while the rest of the States abandon their duty. That one State should fight to the death to fulfill it's duty. Duty to God is not defined by majority opinion. None of us will have any excuse for giving our consent as the governed in this matter.
It seems to me that Rand just wants to move on to the deck chair issues.