Protecting the Unborn: The Case for Federal Action

Contributors to this fair Corner have been debating whether the federal government has the constitutional power to prohibit abortion for pretty much its entire history. So I wasn’t surprised that our editorial endorsing a federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks would generate dissent. I am a little surprised at some of the forms that dissent has taken. Rather than respond in detail to each of my colleagues individually — here’s Andrew McCarthy, Charles Cooke, Andy again, Philip Klein, and, on the side of truth and righteousness, Alexandra DeSanctis – I’ll address what I see as their main...