Reply #19: Specifics please.

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Precisely what do you mean by Specter et al buckling? Specter's vote for Alito? Sorry you're the one who's myopic, or perhaps ill informed. The republican party is weakened, but beyond that there are a great many repubs whose support for the pro-life movement is a matter of expediency. When it's no longer a tenable political position they won't adhere to it. You may have noticed the profound silence in Congress over the SD legislation. Hmm, why do you think that is? Could it be that they're aware that public opinion is against them? You're overestimating the personal dedication to the pro life movement of many of these pols. In addition, you forgot to address that they can't even attempt a federal law until Roe is overturned and that's absolutely not going to happen before the '06 elections. Practically all constitutional scholars think it's at least 3 years away from even being attempted.

Again - for the myopic - the real danger to Roe comes from the upholding of the Federal ban on so called PBA which will open the door to onerous restrictions in a way that nothing else has done since Casey in 1992. Many repubs are smart enough to know that they can kill Roe by hollowing it out so that it's nothing but an empty shell. They're already more than half way there. The pro life movement is divided about which tactic to pursue. Sure you hear more about those with a draconian approach, but it's those that are using semi stealth tactics that are successfully crippling a woman's right to choose.

I don't understand why this issue is so hard to grasp. There's a lot of information out there. It might behoove you to do some reading.