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\"3d-ultrasound-fetus-baby2\"<\/a>Oh, how pro-aborts must pine for the days before the modern sonogram. Back then, when they could prey upon scientific ignorance, they could get away with straight-faced claims that life didn\u2019t begin at conception, or that abortion destroyed only some inhuman \u201cclump of cells.\u201d But advanced prenatal imaging and aggressive pro-life efforts to spread basic knowledge of embryology struck those lies a blow pro-aborts have never recovered from.<\/p>\n

While many still insist on flat-earthing the subject<\/a>, recent years have seen a distinct spike in pro-aborts admitting whom abortion kills but rationalizing it anyway<\/a> – an approach that might impress in rabid feminazi circles and among left-wing college kids but is sure to horrify most everyone else.<\/p>\n

Their \u201cWar on Women\u201d act ultimately turned out to be more bark than bite – it wasn’t much of a factor<\/a> in the Republicans\u2019 2012 defeat, Mitt Romney still won the home states of the WOW\u2019s two<\/a> main boogeymen<\/a>, and pro-life candidates<\/a> and causes<\/a> still fared well at the state level – so it\u2019s to be expected that pro-aborts would want to find a new approach.<\/p>\n

Abortion Care Network chair Peg Johnston thinks she’s got it<\/a>. Taking a page from the gay lobby, she suggests \u201ccoming out\u201d as a post-abortive woman to \u201cde-stigmatize\u201d the act of having your child hacked up and thrown out:<\/p>\n

Women who have had an abortion can usually hide it; it\u2019s not generally part of their identity in the way sexuality is for many gay and lesbian individuals and in the way a chronic infection is for HIV-positive folks.<\/p>\n

But the idea is a good one. If you feel people would think less of you (which is the definition of stigma) for having had an abortion, then you are not going to be eager to tell those people. But if you were able to tell some folks, it would lessen your sense of stigma, isolation, and shame. And, importantly, it would change the people who heard your story.<\/p>\n

The Rob Portmans of the world need to hear from women close to them who have considered or chosen an abortion. If right-wing individuals hear from women and men who have been part of an abortion experience, will they be so quick to pass every ridiculous law that\u2019s a barrier to abortion access? If Rob Portman\u2019s son\u2019s coming out is an indication, the answer is yes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This might have some sway with people who let their emotions rule over reason<\/a>, since plenty of people lack the fortitude to stand by any principle with implications that might hit too close to home or offend the sensibilities of those close to them. But a game-changer? Hardly. For one thing, if someone\u2019s moral reasoning is that superficial and relativistic, then odds are he\u2019s already<\/i> pro-choice.<\/p>\n

More importantly, one simple, key difference between being gay and having an abortion will forever kneecap the heartstring approach: the latter has a victim, somebody other than the individual whose well-being is being appealed to. However much empathy the pro-abortion movement can (rightly) gain for pregnant women, empathy for unborn babies will always be an innately powerful counterweight that has no parallel in gay issues.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t theoretical – commentators across<\/a> the spectrum<\/a> have observed how public opinion drifting leftward on homosexuality hasn\u2019t coincided with a leftward shift on abortion views, even among the coveted youth vote. Daniel Allot at the American Spectator<\/i> reports<\/a> that in \u201cthe 1970s and \u201880s, most polls showed young Americans were the least pro-life of any age cohort,\u201d but now:<\/p>\n

The divergence among millennials on homosexuality and abortion is stark. A 2012 Gallup poll found that 53% of 18-to-34 year olds felt abortion is morally wrong. It was the age group most likely to feel that way. But at 70%, millennials were also the age group most likely to support same-sex marriage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The impulse to live and let live will never offer a path to final victory on abortion, because abortion has a victim. It really isn\u2019t any more complicated than that. Pro-aborts can lie about their victims, they can babble about convoluted philosophies that excuse killing them, but they can\u2019t make anyone un-see them. They can\u2019t un-invent the ultrasound or roll back embryology to the Dark Ages. However confused holdouts may be about the precise nature of the unborn, the simple knowledge that they\u2019re there<\/i> is irreversible\u2026every bit as irreversible, ironically, as learning that a loved one is gay.<\/p>\n

Try as they might, pro-aborts will never be able to re-bottle this genie. That\u2019s why, eventually, we\u2019re going to win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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