Obama's Abortions and Pro-Life Impotence
This article on LifeNews shows that the Obama Presidency will be a dark one indeed,with an almost immediate repeal of all the laws and regulations pro-lifers have worked so hard to pass in what's become known as the 'incrementalist' strategy in a post-Casey environment. If this happens, the pro-life camp will place blame in two main directions. The first group, the National Right to Life crowd (whom I affectionately like to call "National Right to Lose" for the political and campaign acumen), will say that the pro-life absolutists split the pro-life vote, confused pro-life voters and made the perfect the enemy of the good. The other crowd will point right back at the other, this crowd led predominantly by American Life League (which to be fair to NRLC, you could call "National Right to Not Know What You're Doing") and say that all those years permitting abortions and not agitating for an outright ban caused this massive defeat in the first place. It's an interesting, and ultimately, tautological proposition-- we'll never know the answer either way. However the NRLC crowd needs to be less arrogant, and the ALL crowd needs to be more accomodating, and if they work together maybe they could actually win some battles, some Senate races, or some things that matter. There are many things one can say about the pro-life movement, but political solvency is never one of them. And having met a few campaign hacks, I've never met one that respected or feared the pro-life vote or movement. That's gotta change if we're ever going to get serious about saving babies. This thinking was part of the plan I wrote for Students for Life of America to expand the movement of college pro-lifers through a field program and serious office, which they've done quite well with after I left. But theirs is a small, but critical, part of a countermovement that needs a radical transformation and renaissance. The major donors who finance pro-life activity feel tapped out, besieged, and frustrated by their previous gifts, but if Obama wins and the battles turn to the states-- a new degree of commitment will be needed from the young, from those at non-profits, and most especially from those who have the capacity to make the magic happen.
Meanwhile, Satan over at the ACLU, oh I meant Nadine Strossen whom I sometimes confuse for the dark lord, has been raising $335 million to put into red states so that when Obama wins, the ACLU can continue its jihad against all things good. I barely need to mention that, as well, if Universal Healthcare brings about subsidized socialized abortions, we'll see a dramatic increase in the abortion rate. The pro-life movement is about to pay dearly for its relationship with Bush which gave them a great deal of access but a complete lack of results, and its decision to keep using the same political tactics.
Labels: ACLU, ALL, movement, Nadine Strossen, NRLC, obama, pro-life
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