One week after settling into the realization of the now unstoppable fact of an Obama presidency, it is clear that the pro-life movement will face much greater obstacles to the legislation of sanctity of life issues.
It is more apparent now than perhaps ever that the pro life community will have to work on changing hearts--changing the culture.
John Jay Hughes makes the following observation...
In a notable pre-election speech in St. Louis, former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee spoke about three legal innovations which he had witnessed in his adult lifetime: limitations on smoking, requirement of access to public places for the handicapped, and requirement of seat belts for drivers and passengers of automobiles. In each case, Huckabee pointed out, people were first persuaded that the proposed change was beneficial. Then, laws were enacted to mandate the change. Pro-lifers need to heed this lesson. For too long we have been demanding the passage of laws which, though happily supported by a growing number of our fellow citizens, still fall short of the acceptance needed to make them effective.
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