You should read George’s article through. He shows that much has been achieved that Obama would threaten. To mention just one example, the ban on taxpayer-funded abortions would likely be overturned, meaning many thousands of additional lives lost.
the #1 thing pro-lifers can do to reduce abortion is to grow the economy.
Achieved nothing? How about the ban on partial-birth abortion? People need to get educated. Obama the abortionist pig wants to turn back the clock and lift the ban on partial-birth abortion.
Barack Obama recently said, ‘The first thing I’d do as president would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act,’ This legislation would wipe out all state and federal abortion restrictions including the partial-birth abortion ban.
Obama on the Freedom of choice act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR1RD2-fabA
Au contraire. Support for abortion in our culture has tanked in 35 years. Three decades ago, public figures advertised their support for abortion as a positive good—a liberation for women. That eroded by the Clinton years, when Planned Parenthood started using the expression "pro-choice," in order not to name the "love" that could no longer be named.
Today, actual abortions are down from 1.6 million in 1990 to about 1.1 million annually. Popular support for abortion is at such a low ebb that, to protect Obama, the MSM debate moderators avoid the subject entirely. They remember the damage to Obama caused by Rick Warren, who, simply by asking each candidate when life begins, knocked about 8 points off Obama's support.
Part of what influences a culture, especially in terms of whether a certain crime is tolerated, is whether public figures support it or denounce it. In short, simply by running as pro-life candidates, politicians restore respect for life.
I'm leaving out the easy part of my argument: If you think pro-life politicians don't get anything done, look at George W. Bush's record on life, and his public witness in words and deeds. That's why Pope Benedict has always had such immense respect for him. Both men know that life is the ultimate issue that grounds all the others, because it is about justice and charity.
You are wrong to state that “Pro-life politicians have achieved nothing in 35 years.”
Many states have parental notification laws, informed consent laws, waiting periods, etc. all deterrents to abortion.