By Gregory Lyakhov, Patriot Post - A nation is judged by how it protects those who cannot defend themselves... Abortion has shaped American politics for half a century, yet public debate usually reduces it to a simple formula: Republicans oppose it, and Democrats defend it. That framing avoids the real question beneath every argument — moral, legal, scientific, or philosophical. Everything ultimately depends on one factual point: when does human life begin?... No coherent moral system permits intentionally ending an innocent human life. ....