“Safe, Rare, And Awesome, Dude!”

Planned Parenthood supporters are trying to trend a “#ShoutYourAbortion” hashtag on all the usual annoying social media.

And if you’re a pro-lifer, this may be the best news of all:

Recent polling from Gallup revealed that 61 percent of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in the first trimester. After that, though, “support drops off sharply, to 27%, for second-trimester abortions, and further still, to 14%, for third-trimester abortions.” Thus it is that the average voter is opposed to the overturning of Roe v. Wade – and in favor of banning abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Thus it is that America’s moderates believe that women should enjoy a short window during which to make a decision, and that after that point the government should step in. Thus it is that the practice carries with it a serious stigma – even in the eyes of those who believe it must remain available. Should the “shout your abortion” contingent somehow manage to persuade the country’s leading pro-choice politicians to speak about the phenomenon as if it were a mere trifle – or, perhaps, even to praise it — they would be entering new and untested ground — ground, I’d venture, on which they may begin to lose. As my colleague Ramesh Ponnuru has argued convincingly, the perceived aggressor in any culture-war dispute is likely to be the ultimate loser. Might there be a good reason that the pro-choice crowd has remained reticent?

They may be wrong, but they’re not stupid.

Well, some of them aren’t, anyway.

4 thoughts on ““Safe, Rare, And Awesome, Dude!”

  1. “the perceived aggressor in any culture-war dispute is likely to be the ultimate loser”
    Sometimes conservatives are stupid. But many times the left is. Marketing is very important in a political/culture war battle.
    -Homosexual marriage. Best marketing I’ve ever seen. They used many channels. Primetime TV. Leftwing churches. Pop music. They made well dressed fun people the face of their movement. They invented the term “marriage equality” and made its use universal. They got many cities to fly their rainbow flag on downtown light posts. Imagine libertarians trying to get the Don’t-treat-on-me flag flown on government property in downtown St Paul.
    -On the other end is Wisconsin unionists. I’ve told many Wisconsin liberals that they need to keep the Madison wackos in the basement. But they don’t get basic marketing. They think a long haired angry hippy government employee in Madison screaming “Walker is just like Hitler” is a winning strategy.
    -The pro-choice crowd really needs to realize the supporting infanticide isn’t a winning strategy. A 2015 America will never outlaw abortion. The pro-choice side has won but they don’t realize it. They keep pushing for more.

  2. The pro-choice crowd really needs to realize the supporting infanticide isn’t a winning strategy. A 2015 America will never outlaw abortion. The pro-choice side has won but they don’t realize it. They keep pushing for more.

    Eerily similar yet 180 degrees from the orcs:

    “The gun grabber crowd really needs to realize that supporting gun control isn’t a winning strategy. A 2015 America will never outlaw firearms. The pro-orc side has lost but they don’t care. They keep pushing for more.”

  3. It’s the same with the pro-buggery crowd, and fans of debauchery of all descriptions. It’s not enough they can debauche themselves, the job isn’t complete until everyone is wallowing.

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