Democrat Party Abortion Policy: Embrace of ‘Access’ Leaves No Room for Moderation

Following Massachusetts’s decision to legalize abortion through childbirth, National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez questioned whether abortion liberalization could ever go too far for its proponents. Princeton’s Robert George plaintively asked if there were any Democrats willing to resist this level of abortion extremism. It called to my mind the following quote:

Barack Obama said this during his 2009 commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. But a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since 2009, and the Democratic Party of today could never produce a presidential nominee willing to speak about abortion like Obama did. Because the pro-abortion movement has rejected the goal of making abortion “safe, legal, and rare” in favor of pursuing universal “access,” there is no room left in the party for moderation.

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John Gerardi

John Gerardi is the executive director of Right to Life of Central California in Fresno. A lawyer and the founding CEO and current development director of the Obria Medical Clinics of Central California, he hosts the radio shows and podcasts The John Gerardi Show and Right to Life Radio.

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Following Massachusetts’s decision to legalize abortion through childbirth, National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez questioned whether abortion liberalization could ever go too far for its proponents. Princeton’s Robert George plaintively asked if there were any Democrats willing to resist this level of abortion extremism. It called to my mind the following quote:

Barack Obama said this during his 2009 commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. But a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since 2009, and the Democratic Party of today could never produce a presidential nominee willing to speak about abortion like Obama did. Because the pro-abortion movement has rejected the goal of making abortion “safe, legal, and rare” in favor of pursuing universal “access,” there is no room left in the party for moderation.