IMO, iterative steps are the only way to right this problem (the federal partial birth abortion ban, which Thompson voted for several times, is one such step; overturning Roe is another biggie). The reason iterative steps work is that people on the fence need time to adjust to each step forward. If you rhetorically get too far ahead of yourself, you hurt your chances of convincing people to agree to the next iterative step.
Fred is toast.