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The above attitude is probably more dangerous and stupid than one that was pro-abortion in the first place. 1.6 million abortions are committed annually. That's 1.6 million painful ends to 1.6 million innocent lives. Numbers like that aren't just statistics, they're scary facts of life, and facts that should not be spared under any circumstances. The fetus in utero is a child, and in no way is one human being able to willfully murder another with impunity. Facts like that aren't just slogans; they're basic tenets of human existence, bound neither by race nor creed. Apathy is the eighth deadly sin. No matter how many times one must repeat that "1.6 million abortions occur annually" or that "it's a child, not a choice", far better is it to sound redundant than to lose sight of the gravity of the situation. The worst thing to do -- regardless of how many abortion arguments end in stalemate -- is to become emotionless, apathetic, and unconcerned with the evil of killing an unborn child.
Along the same lines, proponents of both camps have grown weary of the fight and prefer to see the issue as unresolvable rather than to continue arguing. It is true that there are fundamental differences of opinion for the pro-lifer and the pro-choicer, and the reasons surrounding the opinions of both sides are often logically thought out in many respects. Because of the sizable gap between the two camps, a simple resolution may seem hopeless even to the most devout of debaters. Very little middle ground seems to exist which throws additional difficulty on the challenge of compromise. An unfortunate temptation then rears its ugly head -- to rationalize that both sides must be right in their respective ways and that, consequently, resolution is impossible.
This attitude, in fact, is as dangerous as the aforementioned apathetic one. Resolution is never impossible because there is never more than one truth. Imagine a world in which murder was acceptable for some people, but worthy of punishment for others, or even more simply a world in which 2+2 was only three if some people wanted it to be. Morality is in the same way obviously not relative -- what is right for one person cannot be simultaneously wrong for another. Under the premise of that argument, it is ridiculous to think that the abortion issue -- or any other issue for that matter -- is unresolvable. Either killing unborn children is acceptable behavior or it is not. And if it's not, then apathy is surely not an acceptable behavior in the face of so many wrongful deaths.
Abortion is not a dead issue. 1.6 million children every year are desperately counting on its resolution. It's a child, not a choice.