An "abortion quandary"

In this piece, from the Chicago Tribune, the author discusses the Democrats' "abortion quandary."  Here are some snippets:

In sometimes subtle ways, Democratic Party leaders and political professionals are grappling with how to address abortion, an internal debate that turns on questions of emphasis, political positioning and how far to go in accepting as a public-policy goal the view that abortion is a moral tragedy to be avoided.

While there is no serious discussion of moving away from the party's long-standing support of abortion rights, some moderates have pressed the party to more aggressively press a message that Democrats would work to reduce the number of abortions. But the party's pro-abortion-rights constituency is wary of too strong an identification of abortion as a social ill, fearing that would provide political momentum for legal restrictions. . . .

It is a quandary, indeed.  If party party leaders and candidates agonize about even acknowledging that abortion is a "social ill", or a "moral tragedy to be avoided", then is there any hope at all for a place in the party's policy-conversation for "seamless garment" types, or even run-of-the-mill "troubled-but-pro-abortion-rights" Americans?