Kate Michelman and Frances Kissling
Kate Michelman, president emeritus of NARAL Pro-Choice America, is the author of Protecting the Right to Choose.
All Work
Are Democrats Backpedaling on Abortion Rights?
It's an official quadrennial tradition: Every four years, self-described moderates advise the Democratic Party that its long-standing and electorally successful pro-choice position is the reason that "values voters" are deserting the party. We are told these voters could be brought into the fold if Democrats would temper their defense of women's freedom with tacit condemnation of the choices many women make.
Believing Again
During these past many years, we have lost the sense of what we could do together, who we could be, what was possible. That's changing. And Barack Obama is the one changing that.
