Kathryn, obviously you and I are going to disagree with them about the moral and policy issues surrounding abortion. But their op-ed contains some unusually accurate observations about the politics of the issue (which is not to say it gets it right completely). And it is worth noting as an admission of the political defeats their side is enduring. “Twenty years ago, being pro-life was déclassé. Now it is a respectable point of view.” Exactly right.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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