Journalist avoids writing about the abortion issue, until now

Monstrously Anti-Life by Quin Hillyer on 3/19/09 at American Spectator

Abortion is a tough, tough topic. ∴ That's why I've never written a single column, in all my years as a journalist, directly about abortion. Oh, sure, I've touched on it in passing -- quick lamentations about the pathetic legal reasoning of Roe v. Wade and its embarrassing progeny such as the Casey case; reminders that the public strongly supports social-conservative positions on satellite issues such as partial-birth abortion, parental notice laws, and informed consent; utter opposition to making taxpayers finance abortions even if it violates their deepest beliefs -- but I've always avoided the central issue itself. ∴ Until now. ∴ ...In response to the aggressive anti-life moves by the Obama administration, the Susan B. Anthony List, which is dedicated to electing pro-life women to office, had an utterly smashing success at its big annual fundraising dinner March 12, with tables crowded so closely together in a hotel ballroom that there was barely room to walk. It was one sign that the pro-life community is mobilized and on high alert. ∴ And it's a good thing. ∴ That's what I've never written before. It's what I've always shied away from: directly and unambiguously addressing the issue of abortion itself, square on. I learned long ago that it's almost impossible to have a reasoned conversation about abortion, because feelings are too strong and too raw. So I just avoided it. Avoidance is so easy.” Continue reading at American Spectator...