{"id":165758,"date":"2017-05-09T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=165758"},"modified":"2017-05-09T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T15:32:37","slug":"heres-why-caring-about-economics-doesnt-equal-supporting-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/heres-why-caring-about-economics-doesnt-equal-supporting-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s why caring about economics doesn’t equal supporting abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After Democrats campaigned alongside Heath Mello<\/a>, a mayoral candidate who once sponsored pro-life legislation, many pro-abortion forces jumped in to criticize what bare semblance of support for pro-lifers the party may have had left. Many caved, including DNC chair Tom Perez<\/a>, who campaigned with Mello, but nevertheless solidified a staunch, pro-abortion stance for the party.<\/p>\n

Bryce Covert, the economic policy editor of pro-abortion ThinkProgress<\/a>, recently weighed in at The New York Times. Covert used the Mello\/Perez story as a jumping point to opine that\u00a0abortion should be talked about as an\u00a0economics issue.\u00a0He writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Democrats, in their postelection soul searching, are trying to learn the lessons from Donald Trump\u2019s jolting victory and how they might win back the presidency. And some \u2014 all men so far, it should be noted \u2014 argue that the party should move away from so-called social issues like abortion and reproductive freedom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Abortion Extremism Just Doesn’t Work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such sources, whether they be men or women, would be smart to encourage a move away from the extreme pro-abortion stance that many in the Democratic party advocate. Better yet, the party could at least acknowledge that pro-life Democrats exist.<\/p>\n

In Live Action News’ end-of-year look on\u00a0why Hillary Clinton lost<\/a>, Executive Director of Democrats for Life, Kristen Day, attributed the loss in part to extreme pro-abortion advocacy:<\/p>\n

Kristen Day, the executive director for DFLA told Live Action News that \u201c[t]here were other factors that also led to Secretary Clinton losing, but the pro-life issue contributed.\u201d She also pointed to the extremist positions adopted: \u201cThe radicalization of the Democratic Platform was unnecessary and a real slap in the face to pro-lifers who tolerated \u2018safe, legal, and rare,\u2019 but could not accept legal until nine months and paid with taxpayer funding,\u201d Day said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Back in the\u00a0op-ed, Covert lines up\u00a0with the extremist abortion industry<\/a>\u00a0— the one with truly\u00a0radical views. Polls show<\/a> that Americans across various demographics and with a variety of views on abortion agree with a number of abortion regulations, many even strongly so.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocratic Party leaders have frequently tried to play down abortion to win elections,\u201d Covert notes, seeming to forget the election cycle he just lived through. A re-reading of the pro-abortion 2016 Democratic Party Platform<\/a>\u00a0might be advisable.<\/p>\n

Covert also calls out pro-abortion Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who ran for president as a Democrat and has a 100 percent rating<\/a> from Planned Parenthood and NARAL, but campaigned with Mello<\/a>. Covert indicates that it’s\u00a0not enough for politicians to support abortion; they must support it to the point where there is no room for disagreement on this issue — including popular, basic disagreement like Mello’s. Yet\u00a0Covert’s opinions seem to disregard the reality of Hillary Clinton loss, despite her advocacy for abortion on demand and her close alliance with abortion chain<\/a> Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n