Opinion

ERICKSON: Ending Abortion Is Worth Any Economic Consequence

Erick Erickson

Abortion activists scream loudly that conservatives are either turning the United States into a theocracy or imposing their morality on the nation by banning abortion. It is one of the desperate primal cries of a group that knows it is losing the fight. They would not suddenly be referring to abortion as “self-termination” if they were winning. National Public Radio would not be reminding its reporters to refer to babies as “fetuses,” despite almost every OB-GYN using the term “baby,” if the left were winning this fight.

The very fact that the left must redefine words and change the terminology of the existing debate shows just how badly they are losing. One of the more striking things missing from the debate over pro-life legislation across the nation is a bevy of credible polling showing Republicans will get hurt by the legislation. Our poll-hungry media is, on this issue, dieting. The only thing the left has left is economic sabotage.

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