Doyle,
I'll get in trouble by posting, but I believe you're right on with the comparison of Abortion and Abolition. When one views the complications of the beliefs and views of both sides in the abortion argument, one gains insight into the vying "truths" of the North and South.
I hope we do NOT have to settle the abortion issue with the violence of another Civil War, but to me, the stakes are just as high, if not higher.
Jim