where that is the power is now. the courts are what they are. they will be for a long time. if there s change that is going to happen, it will have to be done by the electorate. yeah, walter, i think we re only too old enough to remember a time when abortion just wasn t an issue. in the republican party. jerry falwell made it that. i brought up falwell before, suddenly with the moral majority and falwell in 1980, this suddenly became an issue. i grew up a southern baptist. you know, southern baptist convention, in certain states, actually came out in support for a women s choice. and i know that there are a ot of where i grew up looked catholics who have been against abortion. but being anti-abortion was always something that the catholic church took a firm stand on. but it s just so bizarre that