An clear thinker on these issues writes to me about the Unborn Victims of Violence Act:
The overwhelming public opinion on this subject suggests that what is at stake is not a competition of arguments, but a matter of basic human decency. Sadly, it’s these moments of deepest tragedy that reveal most starkly how vapid and absurd some of the “arguments” are on the other side. If more of us had a better grasp of the fact that this is a constant and ongoing tragedy, they might not be able to pull them off so much of the time.