[Cathryn Crawford]

Oh, come on, Gary! That's not the point.

The point is that if you argue from a completely moral standpoint you will not change the minds of people who do not share your morality. You have got to appeal to their instinct to protect themselves; their logical humanness.

[gcruse]

That was my point, not yours. There may be no connection
between abortion and breast cancer.
I'm not disputing your thought that pragmatism
is needed in the argument, just that that particular
argument may not be true.