The Declaration of Independence did not say, After a certain level of psychological development human beings gradually become equal, but until they do it s OK to take from them, life, liberty, and the opportunity to pursue happiness. No, the founding fathers said in fact, We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Without the first you cannot enjoy the others. The great Republican Abraham Lincoln believed this concerning the humanity of the slaves and we should as well concerning those whose residence happens to be in the womb. In the 1940s a German doctor could kill Jews legally, while in America he would have been prosecuted for murder.
Legal abortion requires an ignorant, selfish public.
We must continue to love them both. Yet on this one issue, they choose to believe the media and its propagation of the it will divide the Republican Party mantra. George Bush did not lose because of the pro-life platform. Ronald Reagan was a staunch pro-life candidate, yet he brought in many Democrats and never lost a Republican vote. 65 of the 73 freshmen in the House and 8 of the 11 freshmen in the Senate are pro-life.