Reply #98: I think I've already illustrated that. I'll try it one more time. [View All]

That it's POLITICALLY indefensible is proven by the Democratic party's abysmal experience with it over the past 30 years. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then please reread my article.

Something is politically indefensible when you can't argue your case head on. We can NOT ARGUE FOR abortion rights head on. We can't say, "We demand women have the right to abortion on demand." Because abortion is a horrible thing, by everybody's admission. So we couch our arguments with euphemistic phrases like "a woman's right to choose," as if we can fool people into believing that makes the thing less ugly.

As to why the numbers aren't for ALL women, that's a simple answer. Minority women have many, many issues that the depend on the Democratic party to deliver. It goes way, way beyond abortion. And--by the way--by continually losing elections, we aren't able to deliver those badly needed things--like a decent education, day care, health care, jobs for minorities and on and on.

Obviously there must be exceptions for the life of the mother and for aborting a fetus which has no chance of ordinary survival or of an aware, human life. We must also come up with a rational policy on rape exceptions.

Finally, I say again, abortion will still be legal in all the blue states. So somebody wanting on in a red state will have to travel. In a blue state, nothing will change.

What will change is that we will be able to govern the country again.