Since When . . .

"Since when is a couple’s or a person’s convenience worth more than a baby’s life?" was the smug little question in a Facebook post.

I was already heartsick and enraged at the evident prospect of the Supreme Court's overturning Roe v. Wade and leaving the question of abortion rights up to the states. But the suggestion that abortions are chosen simply as a matter of convenience is infuriating.

True, it would be more convenient for the 11-year-old victim of rape to simply continue with sixth grade rather ...