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Republicans are enchanted by the abortion debate. As they are keenly aware, the idea of murdering babies is universally repulsive. It gets people fired up -- especially celibate holy men -- and those are the kind of influential people you want on your side. But the really great tactical thing about protesting abortion is that the boogiepersons -- slutty girls -- never, ever fight back.

I really thought we as a country were so over this debate. With Obama as the most pro-women, pro-equitable healthcare President ever, I finally feel safe. But now with prolifers converging on Notre Dame, a replacement needed on Supreme Abortion Court, and a recent Gallup Poll indicating a shift in self-labeling toward prolife (yet, at the same time, says the poll, more Americans favor legal abortions), well, someone has to speak up for the frightened and pregnant.

If we must reduce the highly personal, life-changing act of reproduction into slogans and protest signs, here are mine:

I WISH WE LIVED IN A WORLD WITHOUT RAPE, INCEST, GENETIC DISEASE, MATERNAL ILLNESS, CONTRACEPTIVE FAILURE, UNPROTECTED MOMENTS OF PASSION AND HUMAN FALLIBILITY...BUT WE DON'T

HEY CATHOLICS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF UNBORN BABIES ABORTED NATURALLY?

NO ONE IN HISTORY HAS EVER WANTED TO HAVE AN ABORTION

IF ABORTION IS ILLEGAL, WHO WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR D-I-Y ABORTIONS?

THE BIBLE SAYS NOTHING ABOUT ABORTION -- CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF

EITHER YOU'RE AGAINST BIG GOVERNMENT INTERFERING WITH OUR LIVES OR YOU'RE PROLIFE. PICK ONE.

And the most pertinent catch-phrase of all....IF YOU'RE AGAINST ABORTION, DON'T HAVE ONE.