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There may be no relationship more intimate in all of Washington than the affair between the Democratic Party and the abortion lobby. Democrats’ one non-negotiable stance is their defense of abortion — not merely keeping it legal, but using taxpayer money to subsidize the industry and using law enforcement to persecute its enemies.