Abortion as Positive Good: The Democrats’ New Rhetoric Has Vile Precedents

Abortion activists have long claimed that to be pro-choice is not to be pro-abortion. But the gradual change in the rhetoric of the Democratic party in particular seems to belie that claim. Democrats have shifted their position on abortion from “safe, legal, and rare” to “on demand and without apology.” They are increasingly strident and wary of expressing any hesitancy about the morality of abortion.Abortion-advocacy groups lambasted Democratic presidential candidate Rep