It is becoming almost commonplace for liberals who writeÂ
about abortion to offer a personal story, often told rather
breezily, about procuring/cooperating in/undergoing an
abortion. These op-eds have become a form of
confession. New York Times editor Bill Keller, some
time back, wrote a second-thoughts column about
abortion similar to Cohen's. But what jumps out
in these columns, which invariably stress that the author is
still "pro-choice,"Â is the absence of any direct mention of
the victim of the injustice, the unborn child. Hillary Clinton,
or Cohen, or any other liberal reworking their
position, will speak of abortion as a tragedy. But for
whom? The child? No, they can't quite say that, otherwise
their pro-choice position crumbles. The victim, normally so
prominent when liberals allow people to feel their
moral agony, is left hidden.
topics:
Hillary Clinton, Abortion
