It is time for new tactics, time to stop fighting about who is right and wrong in their approaches and start working towards saving as many babies as we can as quickly as possible.You are absolutely right. I remember back in the '80s when Falwell said he would willingly accept a ban on abortions that included an exception for rape and incest and he was asked, "if you think abortion is murder, why would you accept it for babies conceived by rape or incest?"
Falwell's answer was brilliant, and I'll never forget it (though I don't remember the exact words). He said that he felt like a hostage negotiator talking to terrorists holding a plane-load of passengers out on the tarmac. Right now, during the negotiations, he'll accept any freed hostages he can get. Just get as many folks off the plane as possible and try to save the rest later.
That's the same rationale for taking this issue back to the states (where it belongs, constitutionally). Right now we are saving absolutely nobody. Back at the state level we would start saving lives immediately, at first in a small number of states but then in a growing number. We would win by example, and pro-life activists would have a good base of operations to expand from, like a beach-head in re-taking lost territory.
And, it would be constitutional.
The people who scream “Pass a law now or I won’t support you!” the ones who think they are the only people who are correct on how best to stop abortion, are the very ones who will lose this for us in the end.
“Back at the state level we would start saving lives immediately, at first in a small number of states but then in a growing number.”
Something like the Dems’ incremental attempts at “gun control”: target `Saturday Night Specials’, then guns not designed for hunting or sporting use, then all handguns, then all long arms, etc.
Yeah, that’s working really well for them: the 2nd amendment has been a `3rd rail’ for liberals.
I think the average American voter, if asked whether they support partial birth abortion, would say `No’ because they recognize that even the least sophisticated 16 year old knows within a month or two if she is pregant or not.