The Village Voice posted The Fetal Frontier, summarizing a slugfest between Francis Kissling (ex-nun, ex-Catholic, and pretty much the sole member of "Catholics" For Free Choice) and Ellie Smeal of the Fund for a Feminist Majority.
Kissling thinks that the prochoice movement needs to switch to hand-wringing and agonizing over how sad abortion can be in order to win the PR war. Smeal wants a more rah-rah approach that celebrates abortion.
I think they're both right and both wrong. No matter what they do, they'll look pretty heartless -- either because they admit they're killing babies but want to do it anyway, or because they present themselves as CHEERFULLY killing babies.
Let's face it, folks: unfettered abortion is on its way out. Horray!
But people are starting to see that the "choice" isn't all it's cracked up to be -- that it's an act of despair and desperation that just makes things worse. When that starts sinking in, it's all over but the shouting.
ReplyDeleteWell, as a Christian I can say, "I've read the book and I know how it ends." But that applies to history, not to the corner of it we're occupying at the moment.
ReplyDeleteBut I think that the tide really is turning. The abortion rate and absolute numbers have been going down. People are getting sick of abortion. They've tried it and found it wanting.