Because the electorate is made up of: (1) a core of 100% pro-abort liberals: (2) a core of 100% pro-life conservatives; and (3) a whole lot of people in the middle who think that abortion as "personal choice" is wrong, and late term abortion is barbaric, but an abortion for thirteen year old Suzy two weeks after being assaulted by her uncle is regrettably necessary.
And as long as that middle group swings the election, any candidate answering "yes" to the question I have posed will lose. Every time.
So the pro-life movement must precede the issue of "who runs for office?" with "how do we get more voters from the mushy middle over to our side?"
Ok, I go it.
We must strive to get those squish people in the middle who have no real convictions by circumventing ours - makes perfect sense.