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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
Not really. You don't really risk the loss of your small-government or strict-constructionist credentials by wanting government to do something about murder. It's a pretty basic government function, actually, and I'd think that only borderline anarchists would oppose it on the basis of "GET OUT, GOVERNMENT!"
Call me crazy. Oh, I see someone already did.
p.s. - the "laws won't solve abortion" argument was a mediocre argument the last two million times and it's mediocre now. No, abortion won't become extinct overnight. Of course not. NO LAW is that effective. NONE.
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Look at racism, another social issue. The true progress was made on that front by people like MLK, not legislators. Laws eventually came around to back up the things MLK accomplished, but he had to change the conscience of the nation in order for his goals to succeed.
In light of the studies that have been done that show that countries with more strict abortion laws don't have lower abortion rates, the argument is more than mediocre, its backed up with solid evidence. The pro-life movement will actually have to
convince most of the pro-choice crowd to change sides, before the "murder" stops, regardless of the law.