Hi, Neko. My take, which I've stated here before, is that abortion is an extremely personal issue that, by it's nature, can never be settled by either legislation or litigation. And it certainly hasn't been settled by 43 years of single-issue voting.

But those same 43 years have driven a bigger wedge between people of goodwill who disagree about the issue, destroyed the credibility of the Catholic Church as honest political brokers, and laid the groundwork for the further polarization of the body politic. No progress made but plenty of damage done.

At the end of the day, what any one of us believes about when life begins or when it deserves legal protection must be subordinate to the decision of the woman at the heart of the matter. I can see no other conclusion.