kenyth, you are right that the abortion issue is a difficult one and I've struggled with it myself over the years. I continue to be personally pro-life because I cannot justify the termination of a pregnancy as simply being a "choice". On the other hand, the overturning of Roe vs. Wade would be the national equivalent to the Rodney King verdict in Compton in terms of igniting the culture war into a full-blown mushroom cloud. Furthermore, the inevitable (and expensive) consequences of a prohibition against abortion stands in sharp contrast to today's political climate where the majority has little or no concept of a collective good and seems to believe their entitled to a new round of tax cuts every year no matter what the current state of financial or geopolitical affairs might be.

While I personally agree with your birth control argument, you have to bear in mind that a very high percentage of those who are most opposed to abortion believe that birth control is a form of abortion. If abortion were to be outlawed, which I don't see happening since keeping the issue indefinitely alive yields a gravy train of votes for Republicans, you can bet that a large sector of the pro-life community would make the criminalization of birth control their next priority.