Democrats bow to Planned Parenthood in much the same way the Right bows to President Trump.
Out of the blue a few weeks ago, the state of New York passed an extremely extreme bill that would allow abortions just before birth if not during. It was lavishly praised by the Democratic (and Catholic) governor, who to express his delight at this glorious victory decided to bathe a fairly tall building in a soft, rosy light.
But this issue didn’t take wing until some days later, when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, also a Democrat, spoke during a call-in show concerning a similar bill that had just failed in Richmond. He remarked that the bill might have permitted the parents to dispose of their child after the baby was born.Post-birth abortion is usually just referred to as “murder,” and so this naturally caused quite a stir.
Subsequent revelations that the Democrats leading Virginia all either enjoy blackface or are credibly accused of sex crimes have obscured the point that all of these abortion bills were extremely unpopular.
According to one poll, third-term abortion is disapproved of by the public in general by a spread of 87 to 13 percent. So who forces a vote such as this down the throat of a party which in two years is facing a consequential election? It takes a real powerhouse of a political movement that’s fallen on hard times.
At the end of last year, after the Kavanaugh hearing, the arrival of one more Trump justice and the potential of still more judges in whom, as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said, “the dogma lives loudly,” Abortions Я Us called in its chits from its friends in high places. In no time at all, it had a handful of laws with a whole lot of measures to limit the impact of any restrictions that the federal bench might allow.
The abortion rights movement had successfully positioned its party on the wrong side of a 9-to-1 split on a tripwire issue. It was making the lives of Democrats in red states and swing states a great deal more difficult, and it guaranteed Republicans an advantage on the issue when the election goes national. But when Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., proposed a bill for the medical treatment of abortion survivors, only three Democrats dared vote with him. And nobody dared say a word.
Is there any counterpoint on the Right to this form of malpractice? As it happens, there is.
Like the anti-life Left, the push-and-shove or ‘Lock her up!’ wing of the Republican coalition has had an oversize impact inside its own caucus.
Since the Trump regime started in 1803, trillions of words have been said and more written about the Republicans who “caved in to Trump,” “gave in to Trump,” “surrendered to Trump,” or otherwise acted as if he really were president.
Why were none written about all the Democrats in Congress who caved in, rolled over for, or surrendered to NARAL and Planned Parenthood — who for exchanges of money and favors made sweeping changes in government policies that even most Democrats did not want at all?
