why make the same kind of mistake twice? look what it got us. it’s a false peace.
Because they were willing to make a small compromise we got a United States, the United States became the first country to eliminate slavery, and now slavery is not legal in any country on earth.
Had they taken a hard line, like you are, there would be no union and slavery would continue unabated.
Had they fully buckled, the de facto state we have today with regard to abortion, and allowed slaves to be fully counted, the slave states would have had overwhelming power in congress and we'd still have slavery by "popular" vote, just like we currently have abortion.
Somehow you see this as a mistake, rather than a recognition of current politics, with setting the stage to change that reality into a better one.
You seem to prefer the current status quo, the one that forces you, me and millions of others to pay for abortions not only here, but world wide, to any compromise that sets the stage for progress.
The same status quo that allowed the worst president in history to get re-elected by women "voting as if their lady parts depended on it". That status quo.
I could have not settled for a partial victory, I could, like you, insist on all or nothing. I would get, like you gotten, nothing.
Instead, I'm willing to make it so the only people who pay for other people's abortions are the ones who want to.
And they are liberals. They don't want to pay for abortions themselves, they want you to pay for them. Do you see the corner they're painted into? It's one thing for them to be "charitable" with your money, and as long as your money is there, their "charity" is limitless.
It's another thing entirely to make them take out their own wallets, and, well, that will get old really fast.
It's not a false peace, it's a step towards ultimate victory.
Or, we could continue our current death spiral and Arthur McGowan gets his wish: a world without abortion.
It'll be a world wide caliphate, but there won't be any abortions.
I prefer a few more bloodless baby steps, and a freer end game.
YMMV