Can of Worms, Indeed.

"Call it what you will. I try to look for actual solutions to real problems, not for platforms where I can grandstand on the subject of morality and ultimately fail the cause."

Translation: "I have no rebuttal."

I never grandstand. Somewhere, some time, someone on the fence has or will read all this and conclude that abortion is wrong and must be stopped. That's not failure.

"You can make something invisible to the public illegal if you want, but good luck trying to punish all the perpetrators."

You're talking about murder, right? Oh, you weren't. Hmm. I must have missed all these highly visible murders. Most of those doing evil choose not to do so in the light of day and public exposure.

"I would imagine that it's pretty hard to enforce 'swift and sure consequences' against criminals with no outwardly visible evidence."

Are you sure you're not talking about murder? It's hard to tell here. Besides, I would hardly call scores of chopped-up corpses in medical waste bins "no outwardly visible evidence."

"Putting our energies into prevention instead of enforcing the 'swift and sure consequences' you mention just makes better sense to me. ...just saying."

Well, prevention is always good: "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure." But why do you insist that prevention and punishment are mutually exclusive? I know the answer to that, but I'm curious if you do.