The Revenge of the Discouraged ‘Deplorables’
Donald Trump’s ‘deplorable’ supporters are the jobless, and those of them in swing states could win him the election.
Whose Privacy Did Planned Parenthood Think Was Violated in Undercover Videos?
We find ourselves in a Kafkaesque world as the Planned Parenthood scandal deepens. Entering stage left is PPFA’s new spinmeisters, who have been circulating a memo to reporters trying to ...
A Good Day for Life
In just a few minutes I’ll be speaking to several hundred pro-life women at a luncheon for the Pregnancy Center East in Cincinnati, Ohio. I think that’s a great way ...
Mob Tactics in Texas
At 12:03 last night, the Texas Senate voted 19-10 to pass a pro-life omnibus bill that Democrat senator Wendy Davis had been filibustering earlier. But that was three minutes too late. ...
New York Judge Mandates Over-the-Counter Sale of Plan B to Teens
Federal judge Edward Korman of the Eastern District of New York issued a ruling this morning that will force the sale of Plan B, the “morning after pill” to teenagers ...
An All-Women Supreme Court?
I’m headed to New York today because my middle daughter was invited to appear in a special Nickelodeon show devoted to discussing feminism (the episode will air in March during ...
Obama Avoiding the Abortion Debate
Tonight the president did his best to work Planned Parenthood into every question; I stopped counting after he worked it into the debate the third time. The challenge is that, ...
Ryan on Abortion
I held my breath as Raddatz framed the abortion issue in the context of faith, clearly trying to lay the worst possible ground for Paul Ryan. But he didn’t take ...
NARAL’S Nancy Keenan Drops Attempt to Appeal to Moderates
At the 2008 Democratic National Convention, NARAL president Nancy Keenan attempted to appeal to moderates and fence-sitters on the abortion issue. She talked about unplanned-pregnancy prevention, sex education, and supporting ...
Akin and the Politicization of Women’s Health
Lost in the controversy and political fallout over Representative Todd Akin’s comments about a rape exception to abortion is the fact that the most eloquent defenders of the value of ...