January 31, 2005
A burst of sanity in the abortion debate
Last week Hillary Clinton stuck a fork in a leftist sacred cow by her speech to NYS Family Planning in which she said:
"I believe we can all recognize that abortion in many ways represents a sad, even tragic choice to many, many women. Often, it's a failure of our system of education, health care, and preventive services. It's often a result of family dynamics. This decision is a profound and complicated one; a difficult one, often the most difficult that a woman will ever make. The fact is that the best way to reduce the number of abortions is to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in the first place."
She then proceeded to make an argument for abstinence and her continued support for public health campaigns that encourage it.
Andrew Sullivan has an excellent analysis of the speech, and it - as usual - approximates pretty closely my position on the issue (except for the Santorum bashing - that's my senator, and he's served my state well for years: lay off).
If this is the kind of thing that Hillary will include in her platform in four years, this could get really interesting. Frist may want to hold off for a while.
