This is the rhetoric of a coward who knows that abortion is murder but lacks the character and courage to stand up against it.  Hardcore pro-choice politicians often resort to this nonsense in an effort to not appear so extreme in front of an American public they know is queasy about abortion.

The fact is, if abortion is the intentional killing of a child there is no defense for it being legal, and if it is not the intentional killing of a child there is no need for it to be rare.  Besides, if legalized abortion is such an empowering thing for women, why would we want it to be rare?  If abortion is not the intentional killing of a child, why should its use – even in extremely high numbers – be a problem?  And if it really is a constitutional right, America should be celebrating it not trying to make it rare.  No one says free speech or freedom of religion should be rare.  So why apply this irrational standard to abortion?