It is simply a lie to imply that pro-lifers always support our government’s decision to go to war.  There are tens of millions of pro-lifers in America and when war is contemplated they always express many opinions on both sides of the issue.  In fact, in recent years some of the most powerful arguments against America’s involvement in war have come from people with unassailable pro-life credentials.

Also, while the decision to go to war is carried out in public with often heated debate, with abortion there is no discussion.  If for any reason whatsoever, or no reason whatsoever, the mother unilaterally decides to kill her baby, no one – not even the child’s father – can intervene.  If abortion apologists want to make an analogy between war and abortion, then let’s require the same standards for having an abortion that we require for going to war.  Until we do that, the analogy is a fraud.  Right now, the only legitimate comparison is the fact that, every day, more people are killed in the womb than on every battlefield in the world.