Democrats defend abortion, as they once defended slavery, in almost the same way and by almost the same arguments, especially their references to choice (see Lincoln vs. Douglas in the Illinois debates). In both cases they flew smack-dab against natural right. In both cases they pleaded choice. No man, Lincoln said, can choose slavery for himself, thus neither can he do so for another. No woman can choose abortion for herself, thus neither can she do so for another. - Michael Novak