What did we learn from the Personhood Initiative?
I think we learned that there are not many good political solutions to problems like this. Our major challenge is to change attitudes, and I think we are winning in that department.
We do have a long way to go. We still have a lot of people who aren't comfortable with the legal realities of abortion. We've got to win the public over more before we can make any legal headway.
The general public doesn't see the numbers. They don't see the problem as big as it is. We've got a big job ahead of us to bring that home and help people see that as it really is.
It's about how you perceive things. We've got to have an understanding in this country that this is a matter of human rights; this is a matter of decency. It's not something people can be blase about.
We have to recognize that the comfort level is there, and work to make people understand the severity of the problem, that it is a life-or-death issue.
Quite frankly, I can't tell you how many people want to keep it there in case their children or grandchildren need it.
We've made it quite easy to be a Christian these days. The standards aren't very high. We've got our work cut out for us to convince people that your beliefs touch your behavior.
In spite of the defeat, I think we are winning this war. We lost that battle, but in the overall war, we are winning.
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