Not so long ago Pro-life and Democrat was not anathema, why did the party that espouses to protect the weak of society decide to discard the most vulnerable?
Some excellent reading on pro-life Democrats of the past and what happened to the idea of being a pro life liberal.
Former Vice President and 1968 presidential nominee and Pro-life Democrat Hubert Humphrey said it best: "The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."
After all, it was JFK Supreme Court appointee Byron White who wrote the dissenting opinion to 1973's Roe V. Wade. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade/Dissent_White
White also sided with the conservative wing of the court in 1992's Planned Parenthood V Casey which would've neutered much of the previous ruling in favor of returning abortion laws to the states.
Here's a recent lamentation by a pro-life liberal about being marginalized:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-pro-life-democrats-abortion-20170501-story.html
Some of the history about what changed:
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/george-mcgoverns-pro-life-paradox/
https://spectator.org/44355_life-was-blue/
https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/08/sargent-shriver-robert-p-casey-and-the-fate-of-pro-life-liberalism
And is it possible for pro-life liberalism to ever live again?
Some excellent reading on pro-life Democrats of the past and what happened to the idea of being a pro life liberal.
Former Vice President and 1968 presidential nominee and Pro-life Democrat Hubert Humphrey said it best: "The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."
After all, it was JFK Supreme Court appointee Byron White who wrote the dissenting opinion to 1973's Roe V. Wade. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade/Dissent_White
White also sided with the conservative wing of the court in 1992's Planned Parenthood V Casey which would've neutered much of the previous ruling in favor of returning abortion laws to the states.
Here's a recent lamentation by a pro-life liberal about being marginalized:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-pro-life-democrats-abortion-20170501-story.html
Some of the history about what changed:
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/george-mcgoverns-pro-life-paradox/
https://spectator.org/44355_life-was-blue/
https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/08/sargent-shriver-robert-p-casey-and-the-fate-of-pro-life-liberalism
And is it possible for pro-life liberalism to ever live again?