This weekend, the New York Times published a piece that attempts to paint anti-abortioners as hateful, oppressive, and evil people. It got a great deal of attention and was shared by major pro-abortion advocates, including Dr. Leana Wen of Planned Parenthood. However, the article is fundamentally inaccurate on many, many counts. It makes foolish arguments that educated pro-abortion advocates would be ashamed of.

The article, titled “The Long, Cruel History of the Anti-Abortion Crusade,” opens by asserting that the Founding Fathers were ideologically in line with the modern pro-abortion movement. “Our founding fathers got this right; the choice to have an abortion or a child belonged to the woman,” the New York Times says. Really?