[boatbums]

When abortion WAS illegal in this country (prior to 1973), were women prosecuted for acquiring one?

[BearArms]

No they weren't, abortion was essentially decriminalized. Illegal by law, but widely available and not punishable. If we went back to that today, it would be both available and safe, thanks to the abortion pill and modern medicine.

If that's the extent of the pro-life movement's ambitions, then great, but again -- I fail to see how that changes much. Women will still have a license to abort, abortions will still be common (perhaps MORE common, since current pro-life laws like informed consent would be gone), and the law will still treat abortion as something less than murder.

If this is all the pro-life movement is trying to accomplish, then it would be far more effective if it became a purely cultural, not political, movement.