Regarding Ted Rall’s “Democrats Hold Abortion Rights Hostage” (op-ed, Sept. 25): There is another reason we will never see any Democratic-backed federal abortion legislation. Given the current drift of their party, any abortion bill Democrats sponsor would most certainly have to try to legalize abortion at any time for any reason. This is such an unpopular position nationally, and particularly in certain swing states, that the party leaders know it would be suicidal for their representatives to have to go on the record supporting such legislation. And so, we will muddle along forever with politics as usual.
Patrick Feely
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Appeared in the October 6, 2020, print edition as ‘Democrats in Congress Balk On a Federal Abortion Law.’
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