CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 11, 2023
TWO CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RELEASED POLITICAL ADS ATTACKING THE LEFT’S OPPOSITION TO SCHOOL CHOICE AND SUPPORT FOR ABORTION ON DEMAND.
ONE OF THE ADS, BY THE GROUP UNLEASH PROSPERITY NOW, BORROWS FROM MY ANAOLGY OF THE LATE ALABAMA GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE SYMBOLICALLY STANDING IN A SCHOOHOUSE DOOR IN THE EARLY 1960’S TO KEEP BLACK STUDENTS OUT. THE AD ATTACKS DEMOCRATS AND THE TEACHER’S UNIONS FOR BLOCKING POOR AND MINORITY STUDENTS FROM ESCAPING THEIR FAILED GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
ON ABORTION A MORE PRAGMATIC APPROACH MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE. POLLS SHOW LARGE NUMBERS OF AMERICANS OPPOSE LATE TERM ABORTIONS AND ABORTIONS WHEN THE BABY CAN LIVE OUTSIDE THE WOMB. IN A NO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ERA, PRO-LIFERS NEED TO START WITH WHERE THE MAJORITY ARE AND INCLUDE WOMEN WHO REGRET HAVING ABORTIONS, SAYING IF THEY HAD MORE INFORMATION THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THEM.
THE LEFT MOST LIKELY WILL COUNTER WITH ADS FROM WOMEN WHO SAY THEY ARE GLAD THEY HAD THEIR ABORTIONS. THE COUNTER TO THAT IS TO FEATURE PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED ABORTION AND ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR LIVES AND WOMEN WHO WERE ABORTION-MINDED BUT CHANGED THEIR MINDS AND ARE SHOWN WITH THEIR HAPPY CHILDREN.
IT’S A TOUGH BATTLE, BUT ONE WORTHY OF FIGHTING. I’M CAL THOMAS.
