Reply #14: I agree [View All]

On those rare occasions when I let my guard down to debate the abortion issue with a few of my conservative friends, I always end up telling them that the anti-choice group would have been able to help out a lot of people with all the money they've spent opposing the right of a woman to choose.

But that is not what they are interested in...what they are interested in is exerting their will onto the masses.

It's about making sure women are punished for their sins by having to go through with all unwanted pregnancies.

I, too, think abortions are rare. No woman sets out on their life journey to hopefully have an abortion some day.

The Christian fundamentalists have traded in love and compassion for judgment and fear.

Now, though, we will see how things are going to play out. South Dakota and Mississippi have taken the so-called bull by the horns and passed legislation out-lawing abortion. I think the timing couldn't be better for those of us who support choice. I thought for sure with the SC changes and a big congressional election followed by a presidential election, the anti-choice groups would sit back on their heels for a couple of years. This latest development will force politicians to more thoroughly explain their positions on abortion. I also think that it could be a swing issue for the centrists crowd.

Time will tell.