[MHGinTN]

You've hit upon the caprice polarization of the abortion debates ... one is not allowed to be a supporter of life, pro-life, if one makes any concession for the protection of the life of the mother or in cases of juvenile rape. The polarization, I agree with you, is hindering rather than assiting in reaching a point of reducing dramatically the abortions done in this nation. [I've compared it to having a life boat that will hold all but three of one thousand swimming passengers; some would allow everyone to drown in order to not lose three. We will have to find a reasonable compromise even though it goes against my own fundamental belief that individual human lifetimes begin at conception!]