Abortion: Changing Hearts or Changing Minds?

I know if Ward were not... uh... otherwise occupied, he would be posting this little gem from Ann Coulter.

President Bush told a pro-life rally in Washington that a "culture of life cannot be sustained solely by changing laws. We need, most of all, to change hearts." Actually, what we need least of all is to "change hearts." Maybe it's my law background, but I think it's time we changed a few judges...The "changing hearts" portion of the abortion debate is over. ATTENTION, PASSENGERS: We're now entering the "minds" portion of the "hearts and minds" journey on abortion. We've been talking about abortion for 32 years. All the hearts that can be changed have been changed. By some estimates, 35 million human hearts (and counting) have been "changed" by abortion.

As always, she is WAY over the top, but makes an excellent point. Changing hearts is all well and good, but you will note that Lincoln did not wait for changed hearts before announcing the Emancipation Proclamation.