There have been serious discussions with people on all sides of the issue and considerable agreement that the vast majority are opposed to "open serason" abortions. As one pro-choice person put it, they want abortions to be "safe, legal and rare".
I have been told by a person in the room that an argeement was being hammered out that would only permit abortions for the life or health of the mother and in cases of rape and incest. Not all pro-lifers were happy with this, but all agreed it was better than the current situation - it would stop the killing of the majority of unborn babies - at least 90%.
And into the room barged an uninvited, self-appointed pro-life gad-about who insisted that it had to be all or nothing - all abortions illegal, or none!!! He was strident and offensive and he got his way. None.
IMHO the pro-life movement has put so much energy into trying to force raped 14 year old girls and women fearful for the lives of their born children if they would die, to carry babies to term, the opportunity to eliminate abortion for convenience has slipped through their fingers. These lives were lost by the "all or nothing" attitude of a few, predominatly male, zealots.
I have been told by a person in the room that an argeement was being hammered out that would only permit abortions for the life or health of the mother and in cases of rape and incest. Not all pro-lifers were happy with this, but all agreed it was better than the current situation - it would stop the killing of the majority of unborn babies - at least 90%.
And into the room barged an uninvited, self-appointed pro-life gad-about who insisted that it had to be all or nothing - all abortions illegal, or none!!! He was strident and offensive and he got his way. None.
IMHO the pro-life movement has put so much energy into trying to force raped 14 year old girls and women fearful for the lives of their born children if they would die, to carry babies to term, the opportunity to eliminate abortion for convenience has slipped through their fingers. These lives were lost by the "all or nothing" attitude of a few, predominatly male, zealots.
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