Repuke at Greek Festival

[Delarage]

10. I'll do the best I can

One extreme: Abortion is murder, plain and simple.

Another extreme: A fetus is part of a woman's body that she has complete control over, like having a wart removed, and men should voice no opinion about the issue (even though they are would-be parents, too).

A middle area (maybe): Since "we" (society) cannot agree on either, why don't we all agree to make it rare by promoting better sex education, better access to birth control, promoting adoption more (for cases where the parents didn't feel financially able to care for a child), etc. If it was something very rare, maybe it would not be a single-issue driver for Repukes.

I don't want to start a big argument....I was just pointing out that the people behind me (and many others) are single-issue on this issue and I wish there was a way to sway them. And I don't think it's just a religious thing---even non-religious folks are generally opposed to "murder" in the classic sense and some of the Repuke variety equate abortion to that.

Now that I type that, I guess most Repukes DO claim to be more holy than progressives, so maybe the way to win the morality issue--if that's what it is--is to overwhelm them with the immorality of all of their other policies (helping the super-rich become mega-rich, not being good stewards of the earth, etc.). That's generally what I try. But they always come back to "murder."