Discussing one's position does not require softening the position. It does not seek some middle ground between life and death. There is none. Such a society cannot survive. Instead, dialogue seeks to communicate the truth, to help people understand each other, and to create the climate in which truth can best be accepted and flourish.
Dialogue has value.
The other extreme is to overestimate or oversimplify that value, thinking that dialogue will solve everything or that it is the only legitimate response to the abortion crisis. Dialogue will not solve everything. In some cases, promoters of abortion will show no interest whatsoever in talking with pro-lifers. The goodwill that dialogue demands is sometimes lacking. Dialogue, even under the best circumstances, is by no means the only legitimate pro-life activity.