I feel the same way. There are a handful of circumstances where abortion should be legalized (pregnancy as a result of rape and when the mother is in danger being the most obvious examples). It sucks that the far right evangelists have so much power that any attempt by the republican party to skew toward the center on this is met with the same level of backlash as what happens on the far left.Abortion is one of those things I wish Republicans would give some leverage on. All life matters, including women who might die trying to give birth. I think it’s a horrible cop out more times than not to fix lazy mistakes, but it’s needed in some instances to ensure that people who are alive stay that way.
Sadly, I'd wager a great majority of the country leans conservative on things like the economy and foreign relations and liberal on many social issues but that doesn't work with a two party platform. I wish we could blow the whole political system up and start over with the fundamental tenets outlined by our founding fathers.