Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Pro-choicers marginalized

So EJ Dionne begins his column entitled Centrist Courage On Abortion like this:

Nothing is more hopeless or courageous in politics than seeking an authentic middle ground on the abortion issue. That makes Thomas R. Suozzi a hopeless case or, as I would insist, one brave politician -- and especially so as the United States Senate tears itself apart over judicial nomination battles in which discord about abortion has played such a central role.

The 42-year-old Nassau County executive is a churchgoing Catholic who believes that abortion should remain legal. He is also a Democrat who thinks that government should take concrete steps to make it easier for women to choose against abortion.

You're really expecting something bold, or new, or inconoclastic, huh? And what is Suozzi's proposal?

Suozzi runs a county government, so more is asked of him than just a string of nice words. He has put $3 million in county funds on the table to support homes for single mothers, to promote adoptions and to provide information on all forms of family planning, including -- to hold the culture warriors at bay -- contraception, "natural family planning" and abstinence.

Uh, that's pretty much been the agenda of Planned Parenthood (whose clinics are targeted by domestic terrorists) for 30 years now. That's not an "authentic middle ground" as Dionne calls it, but is essentially the position of the entire pro-choice left.

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