Having said that, I would agree that anyone who finds the Supreme Court mandate in Roe vs. Wade, or in any of the decisions applying it to frustrate the perfectly legitimate role of the States--under their Police Powers--to protect babies from a cruel and unnecessary death; that anyone who finds that acceptable, is not truly Conservative. That does not mean there is a divide between fiscal Conservatives and other Conservatives--it may highlight the fact that many people who have conservative views on fiscal matters, are not really Conservative. On the other hand, there are people who agree with us on stopping Abortion, who are not conservative on other questions. We need to do as the Left, and be happy for ad hoc support on individual issues, but still understand whom we can and cannot trust with out personal support for the overall war.
No, I would not appoint anyone to the Supreme Court who is to the Left of Justice Scalia. Abortion is just one of the abominations that activist "liberal" Justices have foisted upon us, which need to be overturned. For my ideas of how to effectively fight against legalized abortion, see Abortion Issue, and A Woman's Right To Choose?. The last of these is really more a taunting of Al Gore than a general discussion, but the first is a more general tactical approach.
William Flax