Again, you folks are tying the fate of the pro-life cause to the fate of the Republican party -- a largely white, protestant, anti-environment, anti-union organization. Abortion is legal, and they that's gonna be changed forever is when we stop tying the pro-life cause to politics, and start changing hearts.
Change hearts, and legislation will follow. Changing legislation without changing hearts will not produce lasting results for the cause.
Do we want lasting results and changed hearts, or do we simply want a political issue to beat people over the head with?
There is considerable evidence that the reverse is true. The pro-abortion movement was considered 'beyond the pale' prior to the Roe vs Wade decision. Pro-aborts were socially ostracized. They kept their opinions to themselves, because if they didn't they were shunned. They did not 'come out of the closet' until the Court put its oar in. The Supreme Court decision legitimized the abortion movement in this country.
What you forget is that many people in this country are like the Arab street mobs early this year. When binLaden was killing Americans, they cheered him. but when we started killing his supporters, they shut up. There is an old saying 'get them by the b--ls and their minds and hearts will follow'.