The fact is that legality of abortion will never change unless the Constitution is amended or the Supreme Court is packed with staunchly pro-life justices. For either to occur there would have to be a major opinion shift in this country about outlawing abortion. Without public opinion swaying in the direction of the pro-life legislative agenda, it will be impossible to enact real pro-life legislation.
If you want to solve the abortion problem, don't look to politicians who say they're pro-life but are powerless to act upon it. Look to yourselves and convert people to your viewpoint on the pro-life cause.
If Condi Rice runs as the 2004 as the GOP VP nominee, I will easily support Bush/Rice in 2004. Condi Rice is a very capable leader who would be a great VP, regardless of her abortion stance. Because unless public opinion says 'outlaw abortion', abortion won't be outlawed, even is the 2004 winners is the Keyes/Bauer ticket.
Roe v. Wade was not the product of a consensus among the American people -- instead, it was the product of a very liberal court that created a so-called right out of thin air. If Bush Sr. hadn't gaffed with Souter, we'd be one justice away from eliminating that anomaly of a decision. As it stands, my hunch is that two of the libs would need to be replaced.
I for one don't buy this notion that conservatives here are selling -- i.e., that there would have to be a "major opinion shift" in this country to outlaw abortion. I believe it's actually a closer call among the population than 30 years of baby killing has led far too many "defeatists" to believe.