Incremental changes are fine, but if we are talking about a matter of 'evil' (as it was termed) then incremental change can only be acceptable if ultimately the practice is going to be ended. Realistically, I'm just not sure how that is ever going to happen, referring to abortion specifically.
That's called "letting the Good be the enemy of the Perfect." I see it on fora all the times.
Even if the matter were devolved to the individual states I guess the swing state Republicans are going to have deal with backlash in their own state over what has happens elsewhere over abortion. Could be wrong here, as I'm not sure that I've made the progress in American Civics 101 that I should have, but logically that would more than likely seem to result in national party control over local legislation, because whilst it is popular in State A, the resultant effect is national and it's haemorraghing votes in State B.
I've read this three times and still don't understand the point.
Look at gun control. Thirty years ago I don't think there was a "shall issue" state in the U.S. Then FL passed it. Every state has had to hash through the issue in a political process, with votes and polls and interest groups spending money to influence people and legislators. Overall the result has been good. But there wasn't and still isn't any national consensus on right to carry.
Why shouldn't abortion be dealt with the same way?