Christianity Today on PBA Decision and Incrementalism

Christianity Today defends incrementalism on abortion by reference to today's decision and the recent episode in South Dakota, where after the proposed abortion ban with only a "life of the mother" exception failed by referendum,

pro-life leaders reintroduced the ban, this time [adding rape and incest] exceptions. Though the state House approved it 45-25, the measure died in a Senate committee. Even the head of South Dakota Right to Life, a state senator, declined to support the new ban with the three exceptions.

. . . The public, apparently spooked by the more comprehensive measure, turned decidedly chilly toward bans of any kind. Ed Olson, a state senator who said last year he would vote for a less restrictive ban, eventually declined to support even the ban with exceptions.

Conclusion: "[A]n incremental strategy gives us the best way to get there [to overturning Roe] while discouraging abortions right now. Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling confirms the prudence and promise of this tactic."

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