EDITORIAL; Abortion, Apathy, and Amnesia.(Editorial)

As I write these remarks it is mid-morning on Wednesday, February 3, the day after pro-abortion Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry carried three states and two caucuses in the hunt for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Pro-abortion Sen. John Edwards (NC) prevailed in South Carolina and pro-abortion retired General Wesley Clark won a squeaker over Edwards in Oklahoma.

Although it is still far too early to be coronating Kerry, already there are "matchups" that pit the junior senator against pro-life President George W. Bush. By the time you receive this edition of National Right to Life News, the Democrats may have all but officially chosen their nominee, even though the coronation isn't until July 26-29 in Boston, or be in the midst of a prolonged struggle.

I mention this only by way of reminding myself and you that we oughtn't to get caught up in the admittedly exciting up-and-down fortunes of the Democratic presidential candidates. It'll all sort itself out soon enough.

What counts is that President Bush's November opponent - - whether it be Senators Kerry or Edwards, or former Vermont Gov. Dean, or Clark - - will be militantly pro-abortion. What matters is that he will kowtow to the NARALs and the Planned Parenthoods and will toe their line no matter how many miles past where the American public is that line is drawn.

On page 15, you'll read all about the commemorative activities that drew tens of thousands of pro-lifers to rallies in locales all over this great nation. What struck many people who e-mailed me was that while coverage of local events was uneven (to put it mildly), there was almost a complete media blackout of the enormous gathering here in the nation's capitol.

To paraphrase an old saying, if 100,000 or so pro-lifers march down Constitution Avenue and the media doesn't "hear" them, does that mean they made no sound - - that they weren't really there?

I bring this up for a couple of reasons. First, there was nothing, nada, ahead of time from the Washington Post - - no touching profiles of courageous individuals, no directions/maps explaining where people would be meeting, no think pieces about "what it all means" - - no "buzz" whatsoever.