[RobbyS]

Birth control and abortion are public issues, because they involved services licensed by the States. As for changing minds, Prohibition did not end the consumption of alcohol in the United States but it greatly reduced it. The "pro-choice" crowd is not fearful that the repeal of Toe V. Wade would end abortion in the United States, they are fearful that it would reduce it. They regard it as a necessary backup for contraceptives.

[tkathy]

Prohibition empowered a vast criminal underground, a disrespect for the law, and a backlash against religion that exists today. You have to change people's hearts and minds rather than forced laws.