I don’t think that I want to comment one way or the other on the question of whether those who regard abortion as a political issue of the greatest importance should vote for Mitt Romney, or more generally for Republicans, this fall (and in any case I definitely don’t want to do so right now). I do, however, want to link a couple of very recent items that respond to the view that pro-lifers can/should vote for Barack Obama, or more generally for Democrats. From the other day, by Rick Garnett: “The abortion debate: lower rates or more-just laws?” (I’m pretty sure that in the past I’ve seen others making the same basic point regarding what “the abortion debate” is really about, and I think it’s correct.) And from this morning, by Michael Fragoso: “Poverty, Abortion, and Budgets: Democrats for Life Need Better Arguments.” (See also Fragoso’s earlier columns on judicial conservatism, linked in the third-from-last paragraph of his column today.)