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During the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney\u2019s opponents tried to take him down by using his former support for legal abortion<\/a> as proof that he\u2019s not really pro-life. In the general election, Barack Obama is taking the opposite approach by characterizing the ex-Massachusetts governor as an anti-choice radical.<\/p>\n

As usual, when pro-aborts try to push the extremism card, they\u2019ve come up short in the accuracy department. This week, FactCheck.org tore apart<\/a> an Obama campaign ad claiming that Romney \u201cbacked a law that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.\u201d<\/p>\n

First, they note that there was no such law under consideration, merely a hypothetical question posed to Romney that didn\u2019t specify any of the so-called hard cases:<\/p>\n

A.J. from Millstone, New Jersey, Nov. 28, 2007:<\/strong> If hypothetically Roe versus Wade was overturned, and the Congress passed a federal ban on all abortion, and it came to your desk, would you sign it? Yes or no?<\/p>\n

Romney<\/strong>: I agree with Senator (Fred) Thompson, which is we should overturn Roe v. Wade and return these issues to the states. I would welcome a circumstance where there was such a consensus in this country that we said, we don\u2019t want to have abortion in this country at all, period. That would be wonderful. I\u2019d be delighted.<\/p>\n

CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper<\/strong>: The question is: Would you sign that bill?<\/p>\n

Romney<\/strong>: Let me say it. I\u2019d be delighted to sign that bill. But that\u2019s not where we are. That\u2019s not where America is today. Where America is is ready to overturn Roe v. Wade and return to the states that authority. But if the Congress got there, we had that kind of consensus in the country, terrific.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Second, FactCheck points out that throughout both of his presidential bids, Romney has consistently specified that he makes exceptions for rape, incest, and to save the mother\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

So much for that line of attack; despite what Team Obama wants the country to believe, Romney\u2019s true pro-life platform lines up just fine with mainstream opinion on abortion<\/a>. However, it raises another question as to whether 100% pro-lifers can accept laws and politicians who make such compromises with abortion.<\/p>\n

As a matter of principle, I don\u2019t accept rape or incest as justifications for abortion, and I agree with Josh Brahm’s take on life-of-the-mother cases<\/a>. I believe that our goal should be full legal protection for all innocent human beings, regardless of what their fathers did, and I believe that every effort should be made to save both patients in dangerous pregnancies. Romney\u2019s more moderate position may be more politically expedient or even rooted in genuine compassion for rape victims, but it\u2019s not morally or logically consistent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yet, those exceptions don\u2019t prevent me from supporting laws that contain them, nor do they disqualify politicians who accommodate them, for the same reason that pro-lifers can support laws that ban only sex-selective abortions, or ban only partial-birth abortions, or place only requirements like ultrasound viewing or parental consent on the procedure.<\/p>\n

In a democratic society where decisions are ultimately made by over 300 million people of widely differing views and values, principles can\u2019t be implemented with perfect consistency until enough people are convinced to do so. Government can prohibit only as many abortions as the public will allow it to, and with only 20% of Americans<\/a> in the no-exceptions category, rape and incest exceptions simply won\u2019t be uprooted until after abortion on demand is.<\/p>\n

Partial legal protection for the unborn may not be ideal, but it pushes both the law and the culture in the right direction, by dramatically narrowing the range of acceptable justifications for abortion and acclimating the public to think of the unborn more as victims and less as objects. We save as many babies as we can today, and work to convince our fellow citizens to save the rest tomorrow.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Where do you believe pro-lifers should draw the line between principled concessions to practical reality and unacceptable compromises of our core principles?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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