On the other hand, when reality is not visibily represented, your side of the debate never moves beyond the abstract and the ideological.
Ergo, abortion advocates refuse to confront what abortion really is. The human side of the debate becomes skewed toward the tragedy that the mother would have to go through if she carried a baby she didn't really want all the way to term.
Note that, in that last statement, I infer that debate supporting a woman's right to choose is no longer centered around the need to protect her physical health, which was the original argument put forth by those who wanted abortion legalized, and has instead shifted toward her right to make a decision based, almost solely these days, on her convenience.
My wife has a friend who was a nurse. She worked for a doctor who routinely performed out-patient abortions. After the deed was done, he delegated the task of disposing of the remains which had been vacuumed from the mother's womb to the nurses. He never bother to look at them himself.
Nevertheless, she supported a woman's right to choose, and never gave it much real thought.
Her first pregnancy came as a surprise. At that point in time she didn't want to take on the responsibility of raising a child. She was young and wanted to concentrate on her career. So she had an abortion.
A few days afterwards, she became ill. She went to the bathroom one morning, and while sitting on the toilet, passed one of the child's arms. She told us that the psychological shock was something tremendous. The memory still wakes her up at nights.
She changed her mind about the necessity of it because of that event. She also went to work for another doctor...one who didn't perform abortions.
Needless to say, she is a most fervent proponent of alternatives to abortion.
