Will Obama Work With Pro-Lifers?

I, too, hope that Obama offers some leadership on reducing abortion. The question is: will pro-lifers work with an Obama administration? It seems they're not interested in solving the problem, only being morally superior.

WaPo: As he goes about keeping his central domestic pledges, Obama should not forget that one of the most inspiring aspects of his campaign was his call to "turn the page" on spiteful conflicts that have pitted believers against nonbelievers, cultural conservatives against cultural liberals, red states against blue states.

One of the best places for Obama to start the healing process would seem the most unlikely: our decades-long conflict over abortion.

In theory, common ground is hard to find on abortion. Neither those who see it as a fundamental right nor those who see it as a form of murder are prepared to compromise on their core principles.

Yet a very large number of Americans are simultaneously uneasy with a government ban on abortion and with abortion itself. Substantial majorities would not make abortion illegal but would still like fewer of them.

One candidate spoke directly to this unease. "There surely is some common ground," Obama declared toward the end of the third presidential debate.

He argued that "those who believe in choice and those who are opposed to abortion can come together and say, 'We should try to prevent unintended pregnancies by providing appropriate education to our youth, communicating that sexuality is sacred and that they should not be engaged in cavalier activity, and providing options for adoption, and helping single mothers if they want to choose to keep the baby.' " Obama added: "Nobody's pro-abortion."