Ask some people about Roe v. Wade, and you get a blank stare.  The card for a light-heavyweight match?  The ignorance can be almost that deep. It isn't ignorance, though, but a nothing-to-see-here casualness that comes through a certain type of commentary about late-stage abortion.  Let's take the example of NPR's "fact-checking" of Vice President Mike Pence during the Republican National Convention. Here's what NPR calls one of Pence's "inaccurate or questionable claims": "Joe Biden, he supports taxpayer funding of abortions, right up to the moment of birth." Here, in part, is NPR's rejoinder: "Biden has not explicitly expressed support for late-term abortions.  He wants to codify Roe v. Wade and reup federal funding for Planned Parenthood." This is risible.  You may think Roe the deliverance of women.  You may think Roe a curse upon the...(Read Full Post)