Debbie Wasserman Schultz Shows the Democratic Party's Extremism On Abortion

     So if you have been following the news over the past few days, you've probably noticed that Rand Paul and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (head of the DNC) have been in a bit of a battle over the issue of late-term abortion. A reporter asked Rand Paul about if he is for exceptions in abortion for rape, incest, and life and health of the mother. Rand Paul responded by telling the reporter to ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz when she believes life begins and that if she believes it is a right to kill a seven pound unborn baby, and then to get back to him when they get that answer.

     By doing this, Paul did something rather extraordinary, which has been to put the Democrats on the defensive about abortion, which is something that usually doesn't happen. Instead it almost always is the GOP that is put on the defense, but Rand Paul flipped it. Schultz responded by saying the following:

“Here’s an answer,” wrote Wasserman Schultz that same day. “I support letting women and their doctors make this decision without government getting involved. Period. End of story.”

     The problem is that this is just a total cop-out. It ignores completely the issue of whether late-term abortion is essentially a form of infanticide. It isn't just as simple as the decision being left between a woman and her doctor (or her religion) because there is science involved (something the Democratic party claims it is the party of). It is a completely unscientific claim to act as if the baby in the womb isn't a child until the moment of birth, as if it just turns on like a toy upon exiting the womb. Clearly it is a baby before it comes out of the womb. Thus if a woman can just kill it without any limitations in the third trimester, that essentially is a form of infanticide.

     What puzzles me is why Schultz doesn't just acknowledge this and say that she is fine with limitations for the third-trimester abortions, but it is the early-stage abortions that she is most adamant about protecting, which the GOP is also bent on outlawing. It seems that she, and hence much of the Democratic party, want no restrictions on abortion whatsoever.

     What Rand Paul has thus done is to help show how extreme the Democratic party really is on the subject of abortion. Now that said, this isn't to say that the GOP doesn't have extremists as well (the kind who want to outlaw all abortion, and for some including in instances of rape, incest, or life and health of the mother). But the idea that it is only the GOP that has extremists on this and that any criticism of abortion is based on religious dogma is not true.

     The media has for many years left the Democratic party alone on this issue, never questioning Democratic politicians and candidates on the issue of late-term abortions but very much questioning Republican candidates on abortion. I would love to see a debate moderator ask Hillary Clinton for example, "Do you believe that third trimester abortions should have no limitations whatsoever? Do you believe that late-trimester abortions are a form of infanticide?" and see how she responds.