I would assert, as I just did to another poster, that this is not an either/or situation, it is “all of the above.” We must fight this on every single front.
But, as I’ve argued all along, the assertion that abortion is a state issue, in complete abrogation of the basic principle that all are endowed by their Creator with the unalienable right to life, everywhere in America, is to lose the war before a single shot is fired.
This fallacy that I’m arguing against, one that is propounded by Fred Thompson and many others, is in fact the death of the pro-life movement, and ultimately, the death of our free republic.
“But, as I’ve argued all along, the assertion that abortion is a state issue, in complete abrogation of the basic principle that all are endowed by their Creator with the unalienable right to life, everywhere in America, is to lose the war before a single shot is fired.”
Fred Thompson can do something that would greatly advance the cause of protecting innocent life. If he declares that the federal government has no role in preventing a state from protecting the unborn and their mothers, he can simply tell the nation that he will NOT ENFORCE ROE. This is fully in keeping with his stand as I understand it, and would have the effect of nullifying this unjust decision. The problem is to get a president to do that. If he does, then state prosecutors can go after the abortionists within the state. This makes the most sense, because prosecutors have to do the most efficient thing to get rid of the crime, and without abortionists, there would be few abortions. So they should prosecute the abortionists. And they should prosecute them not only for mass axe-murder, but for medical rape of their mothers. Right now, mothers are accepting being medically raped, but that doesn’t make it OK. It could be like saying as long as a woman acquiesces to a rapist violating her, the rape is legal. It’s not legal even if she DOES acquiesce. A Supreme Court decision that is not being enforced is a nullity. The Supreme Court doesn’t have enforcement powers. The President does. So convince Fred Thompson (which should be possible, if you can get to him) that he should refuse to enforce Roe (which I think he would be willing to do because he thinks the decision is a travesty), and you have effectively returned it to the states. It doesn’t end there, as you have pointed out, because we have to act on all levels. But it means that some states can immediately ban abortion and prosecute the abortionists. And others will follow. Let the prosecutors prosecute under the homicide statutes. We should never have legislated abortion as a separate issue to begin with. If we prosecute abortion under the homicide statutes, then it can be prosecuted in every state in the union. What you need is prosecutors willing to do so.