The Left’s Opt-In Totalitarianism

Pressuring your opponents into silence doesn’t make their views disappear.

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Pro-life demonstrators pray in the Indiana Statehouse during a special session debating banning abortion in Indianapolis, Ind., July 25, 2022.

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Here’s a remarkable — stupid, awful, ghastly — document of our times: A group calling itself Physicians for Reproductive Health has published an open letter to the nation’s reporters and news editors, demanding that they pretend anti-abortion activists do not exist.

The group writes:

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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