The Left attacked Senator Jesse Helms and Representative Henry Hyde as being “anti-woman” because they were pro-life. Helms and Hyde just wanted women to stay barefoot and pregnant according to the trendy set. Hugh Hefner wanted abortion legal because it could get men out of situations where they would have to face responsibility. The trendy set thought Hefner was cool and pro-woman. Hefner was being selfish, and Helms and Hyde were being ethical.
I remember Jesse Helms.
North Carolina and I loved him.
NC was very conservative at the time.
But the media bashed him mercilessly.