Anti And Pro Abortion Supporters - I Have A Compromise For You Both .

Is there anything that the pro-choice and pro-life supporters can agree on?

Is there anything that the pro-choice and pro-life supporters can agree on?Actually there is: choice.Both sides of this debate are “pro-choice”. The disagreement is about who gets to make the choice; the individual, or the Government.If abortion is illegal (the goal of the “Pro-life” movement) then the State is making a choice on behalf of all pregnant women, and the Government is extending itself to the inside of a woman’s body.If abortion is mandatory (unlikely in present-day USA, but other societies have dabbled in this on occasion) then the State is again making a choice. Think about China’s former one-child policy, or the forced sterilisations in Nazi Germany (or for that matter, the forced sterilisations in the US; the last of which was in 1981).If abortion is legal, as it currently is in the US and in most Western countries, then the State is leaving the choice to the individual whose body it is. Thus, no one needs to be pregnant (or not pregnant) against their will.Proponents of “limited Government” often say they want to keep the Government out of the bedroom. Legislating abortion skips the bedroom entirely and makes the inside of a woman’s body the property of the State.Most Governments are barred from entering and interfering with another sovereign Nation without consent (or a declaration of war). That’s why the police cannot enter a foreign embassy, and why Julian Assange has been living safely in an office building in Central London for the past six years.Pro-life or pro-choice, most people would probably agree that women are entitled to the same rights as Julian Assange.Full disclosure: I have my own feelings about abortion, but I am a man who is unlikely to be pregnant, and unlikely to have sex with a woman in the foreseeable future, so what goes on inside a woman really shouldn’t be up to me.And that’s kind of the point.

Would it be possible for liberals and conservatives to compromise on abortion? Or will there always be severe opposition?

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”I personally am willing to make reasonable compromises if the people I’m compromising with are reasonable. I would be agree to ban abortions after 20 weeks if it came with repealing the Hyde Ammendment, ubiquitous contraception, and everyone getting comprehensive sex education. The above quote is from Barry Goldwater, considered the father of modern conservatism. Mitch McConnell actually didn't vote for him because he was too right wing back in 1964. Barry Goldwater was a pro-choice conservative and did not want the religious right to take over the party. They largely have on this issue, and there's no indication they are willing to compromise.It's unlikely “pro-life “conservatives are willing to compromise on this matter. For most it has nothing to do with protecting the unborn but controlling women. The same people usually want ineffective abstinence only education and want to make it impossible to get contraception. They also want to do nothing to help take care of the kids after they are born. They want to defund an organization that provides women’s health services like cancer screenings just because a minority of clinics also offer abortions (making up 3% of their business).

Are there more pro-life proponents, than pro-choice?

As a sometimes-statistical researcher it’s very hard to answer that question, in part because “pro-life” and “pro-choice” are both political PR terms rather than actual philosophical or public policy positions.In terms of philosophical positions there are those who are anti-abortion, those who are pro-abortion “rights”, and those who are squeamish about abortion but believe it should be tolerated at least in some cases.In terms of public policy positions, there are those who favor complete or near-complete bans on abortion (ex. with exceptions for genuine risk to the mother’s life, rape, and incest), those who oppose any or most restrictions on abortion, and those who favor some restrictions (quickening, viability, heartbeat/brain activity, not paying for it with taxpayer dollars, etc.) but are tolerant toward early-term abortions.And lots of others!So actually building questionnaires or polls that capture what people really think is very hard, especially because so much of the language around the issue is so politically loaded.Best guess? If Roe v. Wade hadn’t short-circuited the democratic process in the United States, we would have ended up at a place where abortions are more restricted than they are now, but were still available for exceptional cases everywhere and for early in a woman’s pregnancy in most states. We may also have seen more political pressure to support young pregnant women and more political pressure to provide contraception.That’s the U.S., however. Worldwide is a different story, with most of the 2nd and 3rd world being opposed to abortion (China being the exception where it can be mandated), and a majority or large minority in 1st World nations being opposed as well.