Thanks for breaking it down completely, you're real good at that. I think the other train of thought, at least mine when first confronted with it, is that some would rather let that happen, so the Democrats bear "the sin" of it. Also, the desired side effect would be for the Republicans to learn "don't ever try that with us again."
Do you lose at least one term at the helm? Yes. But at least you don't possibly lose the position of your party being strongly "pro life", forever.
My recommendation is, if the Republican party wants to run a woman for president, find a pro lifer to do it. Yes, they are hard to find it seems, but they would be the best possible messenger for carrying the pro life torch. In fact I would say all things considered, that would be the primary reason for selecting a woman to lead the Republican ticket.
Prior to 9/11/01, it was merely an academic question.
Now, it has grave consequences.
Yeah, I helped elect Bill Clinton with a "protest vote" in 1992. America paid the price for putting a feckless draft-dodging coward who refused to take national security seriously. 3,000 dead citizens is way too f***ing high a price.