When the question of slavery was the question of the day, you had the slavery supporters, who thought that black people, the slaves, were less than human. They had no problems with subjigating the slaves, and some had even less regard for slaves than other property or animals.
On the other hand, there were the abolitionists, who believe that slaves were human beings, and that slavery was an affront to G-d.
The slave owners believed that the abolitionists were a bunch of busy-body interlopers, and what the slave owners did with their own property was none of their damn business: It was a private matter what they did with their private property.
It's that simple... There will never be an agreement on the core issue of abortion, for the simple reason that pro-life supporters believe that with an abortion, you are killing a human being. Pro-abortion supporters believe that the fetus is not a human being, so it's no big deal. What the pro-abortion supporters are doing is demanding that the pro-life supporters just idly stand by and do nothing while they see human beings being murdered. No real difference between the supporters of slavery and the supporters of abortion. I found it interesting that Dennis mentioned that the abortion issue could be the source of another civil war, because he may be right.
Mark
That's because the pro-aborts can never admit to themselves that pro-lifers actually and honestly feel abortion is murder. Instead they project pro-lifers as people who want to control the moral behavior of other people's victimless activity.