ABORTION DEBATE CONTINUED

As you can see, the pro-choicer refuses to leave the pro-lifer with anything other than prayer.

"If you believe that an unborn baby is a human being and that abortion destroys a human life, what are you morally obligated to do?"

Pray. Ask God to protect, to enlighten, to do whatever you want. But keep in mind how vital to the foundation of this country it is to continue to keep church and state separated. As you mention, it is a "moral" issue, and not everyone shares the exact same moral convictions. If 90% of our population really felt strongly about the "wrongness" of having sex without benefit of marriage, for example, then we would have laws to prevent it, and punish those who break those laws. But too many Americans do NOT think they have the right to legislate such behavior, which is why it isn't legislated.

"I can't approach a woman on her way into an abortion clinic even to tell her that the abortionist she is about to see has a malpractice record a mile long."

Correct. You could be sued for defamation of character. Let's say you're an attorney and I disagree with your politics. If I stand outside your office and tell potential customers as they enter the building, that you've been called before the bar on numerous occasions for whatever reasons, you should be protected from that. Let the patron do their homework and find out if the doctor they're going to has been sued for malpractice. It's not up to you (or me, or anyone else).

"People who believe strongly in the rights of animals are not forbidden from approaching fur-bearing individuals and letting them know what they think. And in those cases, the crime has already been committed. The animals are dead. Every time I have seen a woman walking into a clinic to have an abortion, I have cried too hard to even speak to her."

I must wonder if you're psychic. How do you "know" that a woman walking into a medical clinic is there specifically for an abortion?

Besides, it is obvious when someone is wearing fur that they do not support animal rights; it is not necessarily obvious that a woman walking into a clinic is there for an abortion, or that she supports such a choice in the first place, or even if she is pregnant. Contrary to popular urban legend, there is no such thing as an abortion-only clinic; clinics that perform abortions also perform any number of other services. One can't assume anything.

"All I am looking for is a way to reach women who are suffering with this dilemma and give them my point of view before they have an abortion which is irreversible."

I have to wonder why you believe that your opinion is so important, so vital, that you absolutely must deliver this message to anyone who might not share that opinion. But control issues aside, perhaps by posting in forums such as this, creating a Web page, paying for an ad in the local paper, or perhaps having your own cable access show would be good opportunities for you to let others know how you feel. Approaching people randomly is exhausting and will reach the fewest numbers possible.

"I have no political agenda or even a social agenda."

Actually, you do have a social agenda if you feel you should be able to approach women as they enter into a medical clinic and tell them your opinion on what you assume they're there to do.

"I feel that my views are being more and more stifled by the press and the politicians and the judges of this country."

I don't understand why you feel this way, especially these days with all the anger-spewing talk show idiots around. As I said before, you can post on a Web site or take out an ad in the paper, expressing yourself. No one is preventing that.

"...and wonder if maybe there is a responsibility to protect these children before they are denied justice by the choice advocates."

Here's the inherent problem with the subject of abortion. It is the only instance of an issue where one can never give equal rights to both parties, as one is completely dependent upon the other. To give rights to a fetus is to deny rights to the mother - and vice versa. One must make a choice here as to whether the living person deserves more or less rights to the not-yet-living person.