Do you think, seriously, that killing George Tiller is going to stop further abortions taking place? Because if you do, you are going to be sadly disappointed. He was an instrument of abortion, not its cause. The social and moral conditions that enable abortion existed while he was alive and they still exist now. All that will happen is that someone else will do the abortions at that clinic now, and you can transfer all your moral disgust to them if you like.
Abortion on-demand happens because the technology exists to do it, and the personal moral integrity that says “I didn’t plan this child, but now its happened I cannot selfishly destroy a Human life for my own convenience” hasn’t caught up with it. The way to close abortion clinics is to make them obsolete by presenting the pro-life argument so irrefutably that no one wants to use them.
‘The way to close abortion clinics is to make them obsolete by presenting the pro-life argument so irrefutably that no one wants to use them.”
Other peaceful tactics are to buy the abortionist building and evict them. Or expose their illegal methods to the light and get them closed down.
Those two tactics are much more efficient.
his death will enhance his image to them, but will put an end to his specific brand of mass murder.
“The way to close abortion clinics is to make them obsolete by presenting the pro-life argument so irrefutably that no one wants to use them.”
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Your points are wisdom. I’ve been thinking the very same thing. If pro-life is ever successful, Home Abortion Kits and Instructions on the Internet is going to be more common then free porn.
We have to change hearts- that’s where the real battle is. If we made an “unwanted pregnancy” obsolete, you could subisidize abortion and still, no one would have one.