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I support the one exception, the life of the mother. Since this is a form of self defense, it is not immoral. However, it is rare in this day and age for obstetricians to have to choose one life over the other. I do not believe rape and incest should be exceptions.

However, there is another question here besides the moral question, and that is this:

Why do Republicans constantly force their Presidential candidates to answer “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” social issue questions? The result is that in order to be nominated, a candidate must publicly prove how conservative he is by taking a position which will prohibit him from being elected. It’s just stupid. The stupid party.

Sure, we want a conservative President, but we should be better at picking up signals when our front runner is needing to focus on the general election.

Here’s an example from one of the debates:

Trump: Repeal and replace Obamacare with a private sector plan.
Moderator: What about poor that can’t afford a plan?
Trump: We wouldn’t let them die on the sidewalk.
Moderator: Who would pay for that?
Trump: The government would take care of those people.
Cruz: So, Donald wants socialized medicine, just like Obamacare.

I say give Trump (and the others) some wiggle room when being forced to answer the gotcha questions from the left. He already said he wanted to appoint someone like Scalia to the SCOTUS, and that is the closest he’ll ever get to influencing abortion policy.