Pro-Life Politics | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The politics of the pro-life movement are to get Republican elected - especially from Catholic votes. There was never an intention of actually doing anything. There is no broad consensus to reach because that would end the value of the issue politically. Know why the March of Dimes funds birth defects? Because they cured polio and that murdered their fundraising. The reason for the personhood movement, aside from its consistency with the notion that a fetus or embryo is a person (and to win points from the Catholic hierarchy because it backs Humanae Vitae on when life begins), is because voters were starting to suspect they were being played. Sad thing is, it worked (and it also got Democrats to realize that they were also in the same endless dance).
It is quite possible to do a compromise, although it would look very much like current law - but a bit harder on those who do elective abortions on children with Downs Syndrome and certain sexual defects. The radical thing would be to up the ante on the Child Tax Credit - make it say $1000 per month per child, divided between federal and state taxes. This would mostly end abortion for economic reasons and force most clinics to close, all without violating privacy rights. It would, however, deeply offend people in the pro-life movement who believe people should be responsible for raising their own kids (and should avoid sex if they can't afford them).
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