As I argued in my last post, abortionists and their supporters have never faced the reality pro-lifers have lived for forty years: there has never been a serious attack on their legitimacy. What we learned today is that the dedicated supporters of legal abortion, while less numerous than the dedicated supporters of the right to life, are, in fact, just as passionate about their cause as we are. As pro-lifers have made incremental gains against Planned Parenthood over the past twenty years without serious public backlash, this had fallen into some doubt. The Komen debacle made it clear: when they're up against the wall, it isn't just Cecile Richards who'd sooner die than lose legal abortion; it's the people you're Facebook friends with, too -- and their hyperbole is as sincere as ours. They
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The Real Lesson of the Komen Kerfuffle
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As I argued in my last post, abortionists and their supporters have never faced the reality pro-lifers have lived for forty years: there has never been a serious attack on their legitimacy. What we learned today is that the dedicated supporters of legal abortion, while less numerous than the dedicated supporters of the right to life, are, in fact, just as passionate about their cause as we are. As pro-lifers have made incremental gains against Planned Parenthood over the past twenty years without serious public backlash, this had fallen into some doubt. The Komen debacle made it clear: when they're up against the wall, it isn't just Cecile Richards who'd sooner die than lose legal abortion; it's the people you're Facebook friends with, too -- and their hyperbole is as sincere as ours. They