According to one American political website, the “abortion debate is over inside the Democratic party.” Just when it seems that Donald Trump may be heading towards a rebuff in the midterm elections, according to those picking over the results of the Pennsylvania special election, analysis of the same contest leads to the conclusion that the Democrats are now the party of so-called abortion rights, and thus the party that does not recognise the rights of the unborn. As the McClatchy website says of the victorious Democrat in Pennsylvania:
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By embracing abortion, US Democrats have alienated Catholics
Pro-life Democratic candidates have disappeared, making it harder than ever for faithful Catholics to back the party
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

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