Embracing abortion is to think of it as a solution to teen pregnancy or poverty. Most politicians accept abortion because banning it would be disaster while not preventing many abortions from happening. Catholic politicians have been amiss in explaining support for legalization because of pluralism, instead of instructing the hierarchy and public on why Roe was rightly decided within the bounds of the 14th Amendment. Everyone on both sides knows that Congress could go earlier than viability to protect the unborn, but probably only 25 weeks, with any compromise ending the usefullness of the issue for fundraising and getting out the vote. It is not the left that depends on the issue (we have capitalism). It is the right.