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This article is biased even though she claims to be "seeking middle ground". The left always do that ... they said, "See, I'm the reasonable one here ..." then pull on the rare cases of incest and severe disabilities to "prove" that some abortions are OK. This is the same "quality of life" argument that the euthanasia advocates use ... see, that old person is suffering, don't you want to be compassionate?

That is not my call, or her call, or your call.

However, I will concede one point: I'm willing to support legislation or an initiative that ban all abortions except for rape, incest and real life endangerment of the mother. Those compose less than 3% of all abortions. I would be estatic if 4,268,000 of the 4,400,000 abortions performed every year were eliminated. Then, we can work on the remainder.

Every human life is precious. Every human life deserves at the minimum that life. A child a rape is no less precious in the eyes of God than a child conceived in marriage. Because God loves each child and knows them in the womb.

I'm willing to work incrementally until all abortions are eliminated. But the end goal must always be evident.

I'm willing to work incrementally until all abortions are eliminated. But the end goal must always be evident.

Ditto. So often it seems conservatives (not to mention libertarians) are all-or-nothing types. The opposition, meanwhile, is patient, and perfectly content to work incrementally.

In the case of abortion, it is completely reasonable to point out that 97% of abortions are performed basically for the sake of convenience.

We already know that most people oppose abortions performed for the sake of convenience, so it's not a matter of popular opposition, so much as it is getting past the political and media power of the pro-abortion side.

In that regard it is helpful to look at the Palestinian suicide bombers -- the intellectuals still wring their hands at the plight of the poor Palestinians, but most people see them for what they are: murderers.

Likewise, the pro-aborts always look really bad when they stake out their extreme position. Unfortunately, the pro-life stalwarts always give them a lifeline by refusing to accept what most people would call (wrongly, IMHO) reasonable hard-case exceptions.