SUDDENLY THE NYT IS PRESENTING THE LEFT WITH HARSH TRUTHS: How a Divided Left Is Losing the Battle on Abortion. “The Democratic Party has rejected the message that drove its politics since President Bill Clinton’s administration — that abortion should be ‘safe, legal and rare’ — and embraced abortion rights with few stipulations. Every leading Democratic presidential candidate has fallen in line.” Abortion has gone from an ugly necessity to something more like a sacrament. Shocking that this message isn’t resonating everywhere.