The only thing your neat little political equation leaves out is all of those innocent human lives.
This is not an issue about "sides". This issue is all about their right to life as granted by their Creator and written into the Constitution.
It's not about "our side" winning; it's about truth and justice winning out and the poor, innocent slaughtered human beings winning.
Are you saying that the innocent only deserve to live if we can make a convincing argument for them?
Winning hearts and minds? Somebody should've tried that with the Nazis.
Let me know when you get to euthanasia age because at the rate this culture of death is sliding, we'll see how you like being reduced to a catch phrase in a game of political football.
I'm not saying that they deserve to die. I am saying that if, given the good points you made, can't change people's minds, then we have failed the pro life cause as well as the unborn children who die.
Since we are right on the issue, moving minds shouldn't be a problem. It may be a challenge, and it may take a generation or two, but given the terrible track record of the legislative course of action, it's the wisest course of action at this point.
Comparing women who get abortions to Nazis isn't helpful. The pro life movement needs to grow beyond the 'lets make the other side feel bad' strategy (hint: it hasn't worked well at all) and start bringing change.
Ultimately, what's more important - feeling good about yourself or impacting change? For me, it's certainly not either/or, but I do value moving the status quo to a better place over any selfish sense I have of 'sleeping well at night.'
The political fabric has never mandated 100% agreement with our representatives. Sole issue voters of all flavors have a basic immaturity that makes them unable to cope with that.
The pro life leadership over the last 30 years has had a role in those 40 million abortions - they were ineffective in making change, and continue to be. That's a record many folks don't have the clarity to see.