A division in the abortion battles

A division in anti-abortion ranks Deeply frustrated, several small antiabortion groups have launched a campaign to force their movement back to an absolutist position: No more compromises, no more half-steps, just an all-out effort for an all-out ban. They are making their position clear in full-page ads that will run in conservative publications over the next few months. They are urging donors to stop contributing to groups that focus on making it more difficult — but not impossible — for women to obtain abortions. -- Republican state Sen. Jason Gant argued for a ban with narrow exceptions, to appease voters who had been queasy about the earlier approach. "When you can stop 90% of abortions, that's pretty good. We can try again at a later date to get the other 10%," Gant said. But the state's Right to Life group opposed the exceptions, arguing that "babies conceived of rape and incest deserve to live too," said Lena Jones, the organization's office manager. The deadlock killed the ban before it came to a vote in the state Senate. It seems that some pro-choice people are concerned that this may lead to fighting a battle on two fronts. I think thats silly. I believe its pretty obvious that, if you polled all pro-life people, the vast majority of them would have some issues with a complete ban on abortions. BTW, 'complete ban' means no abortions in the case of incest or rape. There's a reason Roe v Wade is still around. Anyhow, there's no advantage like your opponants fighting among themselves. Tags:abortion