Links for 02/12/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: I am wondering what the Donald's widely reported remarks on Francis and abortion will do to his Catholic vote? If it changes nothing, then all of those pro-choice Democrats need to follow suit and explain why Roe should never be overturned - and who the pro-life movement would never want a legislative solution - more because of its fundraising than the fact that there is no way equal protection principles would allow banning first trimester abortion to be easy (complications from miscarriage).
Not only are Camosy's comments on abortion and the Zhika virus not funny, but they miss the point of being pro-choice - abortions are neither prohibited nor mandated. That is why, to her credit, Hillary Clinton went to a conference in China and condemned the One Child Policy. It is hard to explain choice to those with a hierarchist or authoritarian frame of reference. If the virus caused miscarriage - and sometimes it does - then abortion is safer for the mother than a full term stillbirth. Because it does not always to this, however, the children should be allowed to be born - but the society must then be willing to lay out massive amounts of money to care for these short-lived children. (Trump, at this point, would likely counsel infanticide).
I think Vlad and the Occupy committees that provided massive comments to Dodd-Frank implementors would disagree with Mark Silk's comments about Occupy being leaderless or ephemeral. There was some follow-up by disaffected Wall Streeters who put in some hours on these projects. What I find more exciting is that Move-On, the organization that pushed the left and formed the backbone of Obama for America, has also endorsed Sanders. Trump is a huckster using the rhetoric of the day. Sanders means it, and that is a "huge" difference. While this election could come entirely back to earth and feature Kasich v. Clinton, I hope it is more likely to feature Kasich v. Sanders.
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