In my view, the pro-life movement at this point should focus on seeking to reduce the number of abortions. At times, it will require political education and legal fights, at times it will require education and the establishment of alternatives to abortion, such as adoption centers. Unfortunately, such measures are sometimes opposed by so-called hardliners in the pro-life movement. These hardliners are fools. Because they want to outlaw all abortions, they refuse to settle for stopping some abortions; the consequence is that they end up preventing no abortions.

Letters to a Young Conservative