I don't think the "rare" argument makes any sense at all on our side. When Clinton first said it it was a brilliant way to defuse the other side, but now we're just damaging ourselves battling over a word instead of over the plight of real women with real problems and ever limited choices.
I don't care why the other side isn't up in arms over "rare" and maybe even likes the idea. Moderate not-quite-anti-abortion people (and I submit there are a lot more of them then those on the opposite sides fighting) seem happy with the idea, and even some of the less shrill anti-choice types seem comfortable with it as a compromise in the rhetoric. Which makes me crazy trying to understand why our side insists on bringing it up for discussion at this critical time. It's dividing us when it should be a bridge to the other side.
If we would stop arguing over this stupid point, we could use that energy to stop the far worse nonsense we're up against.
BTW, speaking of nonsense we're up against, earlier today I was listening to one of my favorite NPR shows and third trimester abortions was one subject-- talking to the producer and one of the doctors portrayed in the film...
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/11/11/late-term-abortions...
Their documentary, “After Tiller,” goes into the lives and clinics of the last four doctors who openly perform third-trimester abortions.
“We came into the film both being pro-choice, but knowing very little about third trimester abortions,” Shane told Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson. “It was a process of evolving. At first you can have a gut reaction to be judgmental … But when you actually listen to these patients stories, you realize that their lives are so incredibly complicated, and there are so many factors, and they are so desperate, and I think it becomes impossible to become judgmental towards these women.”
There are only four doctors in the country who perform third trimester abortions.
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