Reply #99: Call me the "F" word

[CDUman]

That's fine. Fundamentalist (a term coined by a Princeton theology to describe his beliefs) orginally meant someone who stuck to certain fundamentals. For me abortion is murder and the right to life is a fundamental human right. If that makes me a "fundamentalist", so be it. But you can't be pro-life an support abortion. It's like calling Bush anti-war after he invaded Iraq. It sounds all nice to use the word "choice" and talk about women controling their bodies. But that "choice" is killing, and no person should have the right to kill another. Yeah, Bush and the Republicans do a lot of wrong things. But two wrongs don't make a right with the Democrats supporting abortion.
Another thing is that Roe vs. Wade is fundamentally anti-Democratic as it does not allow state legislatures to make laws on this issue. Since not every state would ban abortion, and its legality would vary according to each state (as with before 1973), the Democrats would actually benefit from Roe vs. Wade being overturned as it would no longer be a national issue, but rather a local one. And as one poster here has already mentioned, if the Democrats made just some efforts to recognize the concerns of pro-lifers they would win a lot of votes. This issue may well keep them out of the majority for years to come because people are being so ideological hardcore in wanting abortion legal in every circumstance and not allowing any criticism of abortion. Finally, Democrats like Clinton talk about making abortion "safe, legal and rare". They do a lot on the first two items, but not one thing on the last. It's all empty talk.
If a Democratic presidential candidate were to pledge to take steps to reduce abortions he or she would get more votes no matter what his or her position was on its legality. But I don't think that will happen because doing so would be a tacit recognition that abortion isn't a good thing, and that would upset special intrests groups like the stark raving mad pro-abortion lobby.