Sorry Mr Socrates but hypocrite is the wrong word, I'm not espousing one view and pursuing another. I personally could not condone the abortion of a child that is my responsibility. But the whole point of the meme is that it is not, nor should it ever be, a decision made by statute. Using this issue as a touchstone to define "liberals" and "conservatives" appears, to an outsider, just to add the schism in American politics. p.s. A note on manners, I am not pretending anything.