A solid piece on NRO today by Doug Bandow. For those ready for an in-depth, authoritative look at the Dem’s disastrous dealings on the abortion issue, there’s nothing better out there than Mary Meehan’s 2003 two-part series from The Human Life Review. Part One covers the party’s ugly history on the issue (embarrassing acts of personal cowardice, etc.), while Part Two is a look at the party’s political future on abortion.

A free National Review tee shirt and mug to the first person who tells me ([email protected]) which Dem lawmaker uttered this in 1971:

“Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized—the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old. . . . When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception.”