Pinkerton: The Democrats ?Wildly Overshoot? on Abortion

We should not be dividing this country further than we’re already divided, and it’s really the politics of Congress that’s dividing the country.”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, joined by House Democrats and pro-abortion activists, speaks at a press conference about the leaked Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe v. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)Speaking for the united Republican opponents of the bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), added,“Schumer … is insisting we vote to legalize abortion to the day before birth.” Graham added, “We’re one of seven nations in the world that allow abortion on-demand at 20 weeks, the fifth month in pregnancy.” And yet now, Democrats want more—they want it all.The 1973 Roe v. And this includes the newest Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, who seemed to erase half the human race—including herself—when she said that only a biologist could correctly define “woman.”The Schumer bill continued: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any government to interfere with a person’s ability to terminate a pregnancy, to diminish or in any way negatively affect a person’s constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.” [again, emphasis added—you get the idea]Amusingly, the bill that just lost was less radical than earlier versions, which made references to “white supremacy” and “gender oppression,” while extending abortion protections to “transgender men, non-binary individuals, those who identify with a different gender, and others.” (If you think I’m making this up, have a look for yourself.)  It’s worth noting that this crazy bill passed in the House in 2021, with 218 Democrats voting for it. Indeed, Democrats seem to have calculated that popular outrage might be good for them, in terms of ginning up their base.Still, political optics matter, and so now Democrats fear that pro-abortion activists will continue to threaten Supreme Court justices, and their families, in their homes. (Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)In fact, The Washington Post, always looking out for Democratic fortunes, ran this advisory headline: “Some Democrats warn abortion rights demonstrators not to go overboard.”  And finally, 16 long days after the Supreme Court leak, Attorney General Merrick Garland declared that violence was “unacceptable.”  (Still, given the Democrats’ soft stance on crime, who can say for sure how tough the Biden administration will be?–let’s pray that we don’t have to find out.)So far at least, the left’s demonstrations seem to have been peaceful–if you don’t count the occasional acts of sacrilege and vandalism–and yet in their eccentricity, even extremism, “leftivists” hardly reassure Middle America.