The Democratic Party appears to be making political gains by attacking some pro-life laws — and some of their possible unintended effects — that are unpopular. At the same time, however, the Democratic Party’s position on abortion is extreme and very unpopular. The party is aggressively expanding abortion wherever it holds power. Democrats do not support any restriction on abortion at all.
Democrats don’t expressly admit this in most cases, but when pressed, they are forced to grant that this extremist position is their position.
The Women’s Health Protection Act is effectively part of the Democratic platform for 2022. Democrats have made it clear that a Democratic majority would pass this bill, which would abolish all state protections for unborn babies, including any laws that prohibit ninth-month abortions, unless those laws include an all-encompassing and vague exception for “health.” That’s an exception that effectively nullifies any late-term restrictions, considering it is dogma among abortion defenders that abortion is always safer than pregnancy and childbirth. Pregnancy, according to that thinking, can always be said to “pose a risk to the pregnant patient’s … health.”
Nowhere in the Democratic platform or in the public statements of any Democrats on the national stage in 2022 will you find an endorsement of or even acceptance of any law that actually prohibits a single abortion — not sex-selective abortion, not eugenic abortion, not partial-birth abortion, not abortion of perfectly viable babies.
Watch Tim Ryan, a Catholic who until recently claimed to be pro-life, squirm when asked, “What restrictions, if any, do you think there should be on abortion?” Repeatedly, he refused to grant that the government ought to outlaw any abortions.
“Ultimately this needs to be a decision between a woman and her doctor.”
Rep. @TimRyan (D-OH) speaks to anchor @DanaBashCNN about his position on abortion restrictions.@CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/zMCBwCA5GB— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2022
“Ultimately, this needs to be a decision between a woman and her doctor,” he said. When he asserted, “We don’t support abortion at the end of term, unless, of course, there is an extraordinary circumstance,” CNN host Dana Bash pressed him repeatedly, “Should there be some restrictions?” Ryan refused to support any government restriction on abortion whatsoever, including in the ninth month. That means that even if he wouldn’t personally support a late-term elective abortion, he believes that abortion should be legal right up to the moment of birth. That’s a much more relevant question for a Senate candidate.
Ryan, by the way, may be the least pro-abortion Democrat on the national stage today. His party is dedicated to increasing subsidies for abortion, forcing private insurers to pay for abortion, and forcing pro-life doctors and nurses to participate in abortion.
Democrats try to get away with this extremist position on abortion by remaining as vague as possible, but occasionally, tough questions push them almost into being frank about their abortion absolutism.
