When the abstract becomes the personal, principles sometimes get … flexible.
That said, it's not just hypocrisy, and it's not just from the Pro-Life side (though that's galling in its own way). As http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/upshot/candidates-disagree-on-abortion-but-public-is-in-surprising-harmony.html noted just a few weeks ago, when you get beyond high-level "Is abortion right or wrong," and start getting into particulars about situations and applications of it, then people's responses from both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice sides tend to get more complex (and not always in a coherent fashion). How much more so if a person is directly involved in the decision?
To me, the real test is afterward, and how people let it the experience then affect their future judgment on the matter. Do they take a lesson from it, do they not see the connection, or is their public position merely tribal and opportunistic?
Originally shared by +Kee Hinckley:
“Most pro-life women oppose abortion with four exceptions: rape, incest, the life of the mother, and me.”
Pro-Life Views Change If Abortion Gets Personal — The Cut
Take family-values representative Scott DesJarlais, who doesn’t support abortion unless he knows someone who needs one.
