What Do You Think About the Abolitionist Position on Abortion?

From the March 15, 2024 edition. Dr. Mohler answers a question from The Mailbox about the debate within the pro-life movement on if pro-lifers should support an incrementalist or abolitionist approach when it comes to the issue of abortion.
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[@bonniesgarden7869]

Other than a misunderstanding of nullification, you have the abolitionist viewpoint down pretty well. States have been successfully nullifying (ignoring) unjust federal laws and SCOTUS rulings for a long time. Marijuana is a case in point. Ignoring 2nd Amendment violations is another example. If we had a president or governor with an actual backbone, they could get child sacrifice outlawed as murder. But thank you for the refreshing understanding of the abolitionist position.

[@ike780]

Prolife people want to abolish abortion. There should be no separation between the movements. People who rmface capitol punishment have had a chance to make life decisions and therefore have been given a chance at life. Abortion abolitionists and prolifers unite. Because divided, abortion will win.

[@NextWorldAssociation1962]

No because the pro life legislators and every pro life leader doesn't want to protect the baby by going after the murderer and giving them the same consequences

[@EvilGoodGuy]

Most ProLife people are actually abolitionists but just don't realize it, or are too stubbornly tribalistic to admit it and stand behind what they claim to believe in. ProLife organizations and politicans absolutely do NOT want to abolish it. 70+ ProLife organizations signed a letter promising to never criminalize ab0rtion as murd3r for the mothers and ProLife politicians repeatedly deny abolition bills. Even in states like Oklahoma, where ProLifers have control of the government and could abolish ab0rtion in a day, they refuse to do it. There's just too much money to be made and too many elections to win for them to actually treat it like it's murd3r as they claim. Check out #abolitionistsrising for more information.

[@miketisdale7341]

They may say they want to abolish it, but they are also unwilling to do all that it would take to actually abolish it. It is pointless to pass a law making it illegal and yet allow half the population of the US to continue to murder children without consequence. Rick Edmonds (Louisiana State Senate) - “I’m 100% pro-life,” Edmonds said. “There is no variation for me. But on the other hand, when it comes to the criminalization of women, that’s not the position or the pathway of the pro-life movement in Louisiana or nationally. We’ve selected a path for decades. We believe the women are victims, just like the children.” “The most prominent national organizations don’t support anything that would criminalize the mother. They are focused in on criminalizing the abortion industry,” said Sarah Zagorski, communications director for Lousiana Right to Life. “Ultimately, this is inconsistent with what we as an organization have worked toward, by loving them both [the mother and the baby].” Therefore, please stop saying the pro-life movement wants to abolish abortion. If they actually wanted to, they would not be killing bills that would have placed abortions under the current homicide laws that already exist on the books for born humans. If they wanted to abolish it, they would pass consistent laws against the murder of all humans, and would not write language into their bills/laws that gives special murder rights to half of the population of the US.