it's a matter of timing, isn't it?

Hits the nail on the head. You cannot legislate behavior. (e.g Prohibition) Few refrain from killing simply because it's illegal to do so.

clipped from raphael.doxos.com Pro Life Day the issue is not Pro-Abortion Laws, it is the culture that creates the need for abortion. This is not the laws: that should be the very last issue we face. Our first step is not to make something illegal for which the wealthy will travel across boarders (look at Ireland’s experience) and the poor will make do with what they can. Our first step is the hearts of the American people.