Reframing the abortion debate

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/11/11/roundup-antichoice-movement-confrontation-or-compromise#comment-10832

I agree that abortion is still a personal liberty issue, and that we should work to reframe the assumption that it is "tragic." Those of us who have been patriots in the pro choice movement won't ever forget that, and that will always inform our activism. But I also believe that the abortion issue has become so divisive because we have focused so much on the personal liberty piece of the issue. We won't gain ground in the movement by focusing on personal liberty when the tide is probably turning in Rev. Joel Hunter's direction; that is, the "new" pro-life agenda that focuses on environmental issues and poverty and recognizes that abortion becomes dangerous and will actually harm life if illegalized. The new pro-life viewpoint is going to gain traction in our new, post-partisan, transformational political climate. I do believe that we can preserve women's individual rights and liberties through talking their talk, at least for now.