A series of legislative proposals aimed at reducing abortions by 95 percent in the next 10 years was recently announced by pro-life Democrats at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. It is a move that may indicate the Democrats are taking seriously recent polling data indicating the party's unwavering support for abortion to be politically damaging.
But the proposal contains a provision that would require insurance companies to provide coverage for contraceptives. Such a provision could make it difficult for the proposal to gain the support of stalwart pro-life Republicans that it would need to gain passage.
The goal of ending 95 percent of abortions was arrived at because it is thought to be the percentage of abortions obtained for reasons other than rape, incest or the health of the mother.
The plan would attempt to encourage adoption through several measures. It calls on tax credits for adoptive parents that are temporally in place to be made permanent. The proposal would also require states to create advertising campaigns that provide a toll free number "to organizations that provide support services for pregnant women who want to carry their children to term" or "direct women to adoption centers." The plan stipulates that such organizations must "not provide abortion referral services."
Most notably, New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is held in high reverence by radical feminists, recently delivered a speech in which she called abortion a "tragic choice." Research by the liberal Democracy Corps revealed that Democrats are losing white Catholics to the Republican Party because of the abortion issue.
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