Democratic Party politicians are more radical on abortion policy than their voters are, but you’d never know it from reading the news.

“Trump, Pence Lead GOP Seizure of Late-Term Abortion as a Potent 2020 Issue,” one New York Times headline declared in January. “Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortion” was the Washington Post’s contribution about the same time. Another one from the Post: “Republicans seize on liberal positions to paint Democrats as radical.”