Neither of these articles is online, but both are definitely worth a look. First is Laura Jacobs’s “Assoluta,” in the New Criterion. I know nothing about the subject, but what a terrific piece of writing. Second is Cynthia Gorney’s Harper’s story “Gambling with Abortion.” The headline and subheadline are a bit misleading: Gorney is writing about how pro-lifers got the upper hand with the partial-birth abortion debate–and how they may be about to do so again.