Peter Steinfels on the new abortion case

"Abortion Returns to Center Stage," writes Peter Steinfels in the New York Times.  In the piece, he describes the Democrats for Life's " "95-10 initiative":

. . . a bundle of measure meant, the organization says, to "reduce the number of abortions by 95 percent in the next 10 years."

These measures include expanded support and permanent tax credits for adoption; new government insurance coverage for low-income pregnant women and newborns; a federal study on why women choose abortions; grants to school districts needing money for "effective, age-appropriate pregnancy prevention education"; prohibitions on obstacles to health insurance for pregnant women; support for free ultrasound exams; new efforts combating domestic violence related to crisis pregnancies; parental notification requirements and restrictions on transporting minors across state lines for abortions; and greater financing of the federal WIC program, which provides nutrition aid for women, infants and children.

At the same time, Steinfels writes, "the moral question, it seems, will not go away and still has to be taken into account."