I don’t know about you but watching this video of a man carving the figure of a baby has really made me see the error of my ways on abortion. What a monster I was.

And then there’s this one, likening abortion to workplace bullying:

Because having an abortion is just like being bullied at work, isn’t it? At least it probably is if you fall into the clutches of this stripe of hectoring anti-abortionists. Their message is so simple, so effective. Sorry, I meant simplistic effluent.

Watching the current crop of prominent conservative bloggers discuss abortion is so deeply dispiriting. MP Nadine Dorries will be along shortly and the discussion will degenerate to the level of a chimp’s tea party. The term ‘abortion industry’ is less a tawdry euphemism and more a metaphor for the grinding, futile circularity of this debate when it’s in the hands of these people.

Where are the likes of Andrew of Non-Trivial Solutions and Blimpish, both of whom are long gone? They were civil, coherent, willing to defend their positions with honesty (both intellectual and moral), engaging and - very importantly - likeable. I like to think they slipped off to a parallel universe where they now find themselves British political blogging’s leading conservative commentators.

(Via Westmonster)