I, too, do not think that a baby should die just because he or she was conceived by rape. But, realistically, many people who are not otherwise for abortion are okay with aborting babies conceived by rape.
However, I do not think that this is the right battle for this time. A large number of women use abortion as their only form of birth control. There are hundreds of thousands of lives to be saved right there, by educating women and teaching them not to have unprotected sex.
Start with the winnable battle--turning our culture against the use of abortion as routine birth control--and when that battle is won, then start on the other issues, such as instilling the idea that it is not okay to kill a baby conceived by rape, or a baby who is less than perfect.
Insisting on an all-or-nothing with respect to abortion means that we get nothing, and the baby killing goes on unabated.
In any case, the president does not have much control over abortion. The president does not write law; he only has the choice to sign or veto the bills sent by Congress.
Thank you for a reasonable position.
The President appoints SCOTUS justices, who are the only ones who’ve ever legalized abortion, so he has the BIGGEST control over the abortion issue. Now, others can control it with an amendment potentially.
“Educating women” is not a job that requires the President. I think we’ve been doing that and gotten as far as we can. We need the PP funding cut off and anti-abortion laws. The left is campaigning hard for abortion and they control the education and the media. We have a much easier time taking over government and passing laws than taking over all schools and all media.