DFLA Calls For "Big Tent" in Dem Platform

DFLA Calls For "Big Tent" in Dem Platform by MSW.  My response: I suspect that Clinton would also join in a strategy of making abortion unnecessary rather than illegal.  Carter, the bishops and MSW refer to not permitting abortion without being specific on how they would go about this.  Given the frequency of miscarriage in the first trimester, any such measures are unlikely, as giving such persons legal recognition carries legal complications in both the civil and criminal law that are not easily overcome.  It is up to those who would ban abortion to say how they would do it and what those work-arounds would be (any such language must also meet the equal protection test - so if you make abortion investigatable you must also investigate miscarriage - and if a fetus is considered a person, you cannot make killing it less of a crime than infanticide or other murder, nor can you rule miscarriage tort relief out of bounds if you recognize all children at this stage).  Of course, dealing with these issues rationally makes it very unlikely that the pro-life rank and file will support it, which is why no such proposals exist.  Until they do, Catholic Democrats have no obligation to explain themselves.