Dropping dead on the keyboard would explain a lot of spelling errors.

If we allow only one view of legalized abortion on DU, why would it need it's own forum?

And why does it always boil down to abortion? We've adopted *THEIR* terminology and allowed them to define the argument. We should, instead, be hammering the hell out of them on family planning - Don't even let them go to abortion.

They've only settled on abortion because it's the most contentious aspect of women's (reproductive) health. With effective, inexpensive and comprehensive family planning and proper education (each of which they oppose just as strongly, but at a lower volume) they wouldn't have numbers high enough to keep their "pro-life" argument alive in the public consciousness. In the meantime, they're actually promoting abortion by working to limit or eliminate those options which would reduce the numbers of "at choice" abortions. Additionally, until we have perfect genetic and prenatal medicine and all children are valued beyond the womb, there will be fewer necessary abortions.

In the meantime, it should rankle each and every one of us that this argument is being promoted mainly by old white guys looking for political gain and religious fundamentalists who only wish to control women - and that's before considering the twisted repressive sexuality that seems to be the common thread between both old white men and the fundies.

If we're having an argument over this on DU, it's the wrong one. No sane woman would choose to get pregnant and have an abortion if informed and affordable options allowed her to avoid getting pregnant in the first place. That's our argument, and implementation of comprehensive family planning coupled with education would blow their argument right out of the arena.