The abolition of abortion

Medallion created as part of anti-slavery campaign by Josiah Wedgwood, 1787

Last night, I watched Amazing Grace.  I have seen this movie before, but I was just reminded last night how great a message this movie sends and how rare that message is in Hollywood today.  Certainly the subject of slavery has been explored ad nauseam,  but a Christian response to slavery is a rare movie indeed.  Just the fact that the movie uses the name Christ in a positive way (as opposed to in a curse phrase) is so different than most movies being made today. 
The movie focuses on the life of William Wilberforce, a British politician who fought for legislation to end the slave trade.  Reading a bit about Wilberforce's life, I have found that the movie, like all movies, takes some liberties with his life story.  However, what is true in the movie and real life is this: Wilberforce was an evangelical Christian who saw all men as being created in the image of God.  He fought for the end of the slave trade because, unlike the vast majority of his constituents, he saw Africans as humans. 
Every time I watch this movie, I cannot but help to see the connection between this issue and the issue today of abortion in America.  Why does abortion occur today with such frequency and with such blind unawareness?  Well certainly their a several reasons why, but the main reason in my opinion is the complete lack of belief in the truth that babies in a womb are also created in God's image, i.e. human, and not "just" an embryo.  Life starts at conception and once destroyed, murder is committed. 
All one has to do is look at the motivations behind the slave trade or abortion to know why there is no justifiable reason for either one of them.  The slave trade was all about money.  Free labor equals high profit margins.  Similarly, abortion is motivated by lack of comfort and fear.  Fear of being poor, of giving up one's life for 9 months for the one in her womb, selfishness on the father's part, etc.  One cannot come up with a single righteous motivation for having an abortion.  Before you even look at all the scientific information as to why abortion is evil, all one has to do is look at the heart as to why one would abort and then the rest is clear.  Abortion is murder.     
In the movie, in a strategic move to end the slave trade, Wilberforce and company sneakily pass legislation to make the slave trade unprofitable.  Sadly, only until people's pocketbooks are hindered do they have a clear path to end the slave trade. 
I can't help but wonder if we as Christians can glean some strategy from this movie.  Until we take away or change the motivations for abortion to a system that is God honoring, we are not going to convince the other side in any powerful or substantial way.  We can show people videos of what actually occurs during abortions, we can quote statistics, and argue with them in a logical way, but the heart is sinfully wicked.  Perhaps we have to work with unregenerate hearts to make adoption the better option financially, physically, etc.  Certainly the ideal way to go is that the unregenerate heart would know Christ, repent, and forgo an abortion, but for the rest of the world, we need to come up with creative solutions that will calm the fears of the faithless, honor God, and save those whom are perishing in the womb- the millions upon millions whom are perishing. 
But since we have no creative solution as of yet, I ask those who are grappling with the idea of getting abortion this very day and those who perform those abortions, is the child in the womb not a man and not a brother?  A baby in the womb is small and miniscule, indeed, but human nonetheless.   

I haven't had much success in brainstorming what ending abortion in America would look like in a practical way for our society, especially considering who is in control of the government right now.  I would love to hear any ideas you might have as to how we can change society in regards to abortion the way that Wilberforce changed Britain.  General comments and questions, as always, are welcome here as well.