"I believe pre-born Americans have a right to life.  Abortion is not an issue of privacy because it involves one person taking the life, and the other losing it.  Neither is it a private act between two people because one of them has not given consent to die.  If Roe v. Wade can not be overturned, a compromise will have to be found that makes progress in reducing the number of aborted babies every year.  After all, saving babies is the primary goal, even if it means only 500,000 killed per year instead of 1,700,000.  

"The anti-slavery foundation of the Republican Party remains alive in the Pro-Life mission.  The principle that no one should own another person, or be counted as 3/5ths of a person (Roe's 24-week viability designation is 3/5ths of the total 40-week gestation ) has been the hallmark of all American emancipation movements.  Abortion is an ancient and barbaric act that should not have a place in our enlightened and modern society.  If we Americans are to wear the mantle of freedom and equality in the world, the abortion issue is the Modern Emancipation of our time that will have to be resolved."

 

~M. H. Richardson