John, why don't you put a little personal time and effort into saving the lives of hundreds of millions of tortured and butchered animals that are being consumed by a dumbass public that thinks it has a god-given right to eat meat every day? (this in spite of the existence of entire societies of strong, healthy people right now on this planet who do not eat any meat...). It's done because it's profitable, it's customary, and it's "convenient" for those accustomed to eating meat. They do not intend to have their blessed convenience interfered with by a bunch of bleeding hearts who are worried about animals being treated inhumanely.

Why don't you put a little personal time and effort into saving the lives of Third World people who are being killed because of the foreign military and economic policies of your government? Your government and your corporations find that convenient to their purposes.

Those are larger matters, I think, than the abortions being performed in America.

You say, it's not pragmatism that makes abortion legal, it's convenience. Yeah, I agree, it IS convenience. Convenience and pragmatism amount to pretty much the same thing in most societies, when it comes right down to it...because the public WANTS its conveniences, brother! And so does the legal system.

Didn't you know that the old motto of America, "give me liberty or give me death" has been updated to read: "give me convenience or give me death"? I mean, hey, that's bloody obvious, isn't it? ;-) Convenience is what sells every stupid damn thing you see advertised on your convenient daily pacifier: the television.

I am arguing, John, neither for nor against abortion. I am simply pointing out WHY the legal situation is the way it is. Pragmatism and convenience.