“With an ally now in the White House, House Republicans yesterday opened a coordinated campaign to begin imposing new restrictions on abortion, starting with a bill that would impose penalties on people who harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman.” Washington Post The strategy seems to be a war of attrition on opponents, starting with a move guaranteed to evoke maximum sympathy in a broad segment of the populace. (After all, who could oppose a measure responding to attacks on pregnant women!) If the opposition doesn’t draw a line in the sand, it appears certain a full constitutional challenge to a woman’s right to choose is in the offing. Let’s hope the Democratic leadership isn’t led to the slaughter singing the same old reconciliation and compromise song.