I'm concerned by all these people who think that banning abortion would end the issue entirely.
Aren't Conservatives delightfully stupid?
I am aware that, in the current political and cultural environment, banning abortion would not make it cease to be a political issue.
I would like to have abortion banned and have our culture change to become more socially conservative and, thus, more pro-life. These might be tough goals to accomplish, but I think they are goals worth pursuing regardless.
...You don't get it, do you?
Is your objection to my proposal based on the belief that banning abortion would inevitably result in an explosion of illegal abortions? If so, that's just a myth. Poland banned abortion in most circumstances in the 1990s after it having been legal on request in the country prior to that. While illegal abortions do occur in the country, they are not nearly as numerous as legal abortions were prior to the enactment of the ban.
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/polandlaw.html
Besides, we shouldn't make an evil act legal just because people still do it despite it being illegal. We shouldn't legalize rape, theft, and murder (of born people) just because people still commit such acts despite them being against the law.
All I was saying is that banning abortion won't actually stop abortions from happening, which is what you and others implied.
Isn't this the exact same argument liberals scoff at when it comes to gun control?
I don't think anyone thinks that banning guns will magically make guns go away, and if anyone does, I'll be the first to say that that's ridiculous.
Banning abortions and guns are equally stupid.
