The abortion debate

Who would have thought that Roe/Wade could possibly be an election issue in 2012?

There is obviously a constituency that isn't prepared to let the matter go.

Here is a suggestion for that constituency. It's just a step ahead of the "EVERY SPERM IS SACRED" mentality that informs your position today.

Once we acknowledge (or failing that, legally proclaim) that every sperm and every embryo are sacred, why not make it a sacred trust to see to it that every child who is born has the healthcare, education, housing and employment opportunities that it is our sacred duty to provide?

Does that sacred embryo stop being sacred when it has escaped the womb?

Of course not!

And we'll obviously have a sacred duty to provide for the mother of that child as well. How can that sacred child have a worthwhile chance at life if they must be brought up in poverty and deprivation?

So let's include in the "right to life" agenda the right to secure tenure in decent housing.

Let's include the right to health care and education.

Let's make sure every mother has access to support services across the spectrum, from pre and post natal support to child care to addiction counselling.

Adopt that agenda, Right to Life, and maybe more people would believe that you mean it when you talk about the right to life.