tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post3999404789919008625..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Listen to Perkins!David Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-89787024354825004652008-11-07T13:59:00.000-08:002008-11-07T13:59:00.000-08:00winning battles on abortionKeep in mind that the m...<I>winning battles on abortion</I><BR/><BR/>Keep in mind that the measures being proposed to limit abortion were frankly insane. Declaring a fertilized ovum to be a human being is one of those things that even Tony Perkins wouldn't believe if he actually thought through it. I'm continually befuddled as to why social conservatives don't go for more appealing measures, like putting European-style limitations on abortion and strictly limiting it for post-viability fetuses. I'm not sure this actually would reduce the total number of abortions that much (there are barely any post-viability abortions as it is, and the low abortion rates in Europe have a lot to do with their having low rates of unwanted pregnancy in the first place), but pushing such sane measures would force Democrats either to concede or to look too radical. <BR/><BR/>It would be a lot smarter than the Palin position of "You're a 14-year-old raped by your father, now we're going to make you have this baby; but in an effort to make myself sound sympathetic, I'll say that you shouldn't go to jail for an abortion, <A HREF="http://www.blogdenovo.org/archives/1818.html" REL="nofollow">your doctor should</A>."<BR/><BR/>I suppose the "partial birth" abortion was an effort of this sort. I just hated it because it was so antithetical to genuine concern for women's well-being. "In defense of life, we'll now regulate abortion to ban the safer procedure, but not do anything to prohibit actual late-term (i.e. post-viability) abortions."PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-6647583973873291992008-11-07T12:08:00.000-08:002008-11-07T12:08:00.000-08:00I usually try to stay out of political strategizin...I usually try to stay out of political strategizing, but is this like Clinton's move to the center, which has since been denounced as a poor long-term strategy?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146833770654841724noreply@blogger.com