CHOOSE DEATH:

Abortion Rights Group Plans a New Focus (JENNIFER 8. LEE, January 5, 2003, NY Times)

Leaders of the largest abortion rights group, saying they face the most hostile atmosphere for abortion in 30 years, are planning a multimillion-dollar campaign to try to make abortion a critical issue in the 2004 presidential election.

The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League is starting a television and print advertising drive in highly competitive states. In addition, the organization is trying to freshen its image by changing its name to Naral Pro Choice America.

"Through our name change we are underscoring that our country is pro-choice," said Kate Michelman, president of the organization. "It is the right name for this moment in history." [...]

Abortion opponents say the change is a simply a marketing sleight of hand. "They want to isolate the rhetoric from the reality," said Ken Connor, president of the Family Research Council, a conservative group. "They want to talk about pro-choice, but its not choosing between chocolate and vanilla. We are talking about the right to choose to kill an unborn child."

The recognition that at this moment in history they need to remove "abortion" from their name has to be terrifying to Democrats who are identified with no other issue as closely as they are with abortion on demand. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 7, 2003 11:30 PM