Um, he is not “about the only one.” I too, applaud Fred Thompson’s orientation on the issue. It was no blunder. One can oppose abortion just fine without using the crude tools of the criminal justice system to eliminate it. Indeed, past history indicates that method is a failure. I’d say Fred is wisely avoiding a trap.
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Me three. Getting some actual federalism back would be worth letting the states decide the abortion question within their own borders.
I think maybe some are missing the nuance ..... I believe it is the fact that he was using NARAL’s propaganda “that young girls would end up in jail”, when no proposal for that has ever ever ever been in the republican platform. Nuanced,yes,beyond me, yes, but this is what I read in Novak’s article, and certainly not that Novak was upset personally.
You sound just like every pro-"choicer" I have ever debated.
If one is truly pro-life, one believes abortion is an act of murder.
And, the purpose of the criminal justice is enact punishment that deters the taking of innocent lives, just as virtually ever state in the union did before Roe.
Just like Rudy and Hillary... We want fewer abortions we just dont want to screw with the law to make abortion illegal..