[WFTR]

Yep, you're part of the reason why abortion will remain legal.

First, I'm very aware that a baby is a person unto him or herself. If I weren't aware of that fact, I wouldn't oppose legalized abortion. Are you aware that I oppose legalized abortion? Did you bother to read my post? I doubt that you did. Your type is more interested in your stupid posturing than in doing anything effective.

Secondly, I have been very careful not to create any children. I am aware that my strong preference not to create children is a reason to be careful in my actions, and I have been very careful. I clearly said that not being ready for parenthood is no excuse for abortion. Again, I doubt that you bothered to pay attention to that part of my post.

Again, the biggest impediment to banning abortion is that most people don't understand that the unborn child is really a person. One reason that they never consider that argument is that so many in the pro-life movement either oppose abortion simply as a way to harass those who don't want kids or they leave people with that impression. I'm sorry that you have such a big problem with people who don't want to live their lives the way that you want them to live. It's sad that you see the issue as a way to use the government to harass people who aren't like you. Unfortunately, your selfishness is a big part of the reason that we can't sway opinion in opposition to abortion.

One reason that the pro-life movement hasn't had more legislative victories is that groups within the movement itself refuse to accept people who aren't perfectly aligned with them. Therefore, they can never build a coalition to do anything effective.

WFTR
Bill

[Remedy]

Again, the biggest impediment to banning abortion is that most people don't understand that the unborn child is really a person.

Antonin Scalia and His Critics: The Church, the Courts, and the Death Penalty What the "pro-choice" American does not believe is that a human fetus is as fully a human life as Uncle Charlie.

[workerbee]

I think you make some very good points; I esp. agree with you that some people are happier preaching their own moral righteousness than actually trying to change minds. However, I disagree that most pro-abortion advocates don't understand that the unborn human is human. In recent years, I think they've moved the argument from the all-too-silly (and easily disproved) contention that "it's not human" to something more insidious: that is, okay so it's human, but the mother is more human and counts for more. That's a much easier sell in our Me culture because 1) it doesn't contradict the obvious scientific fact that the unborn child is biologically human, 2) it fosters the ever-popular notion that "what I want is more important that anything else", and 3) it implies concern for the mother (and her "rights") and makes it easier to paint anti-abortioners as meddling and uncaring ("they would force you to be pregnant").