Is Abortion Bringing Liberalism to Extinction?

There is a fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal section today which analyzes what effect abortion may have had on politics in the last few election cycles. Simplifying quite a bit, the author essentially argues that more children of liberal (and Democratic) parents have been aborted than conservative (and Republican) parents, and that this may be having a decisive effect on the political persuation of America. He notes that President Bush won Florida in 200 by "537 votes[, but] if the 260,962 Missing Voters of Florida had been present to vote, Al Gore would have won by 45,366 votes." I have been noticing for some time that conservative families tend to be larger than liberal ones, and that there are few childless conservative couples while it is not uncommon among liberal couples. If these trends continue, will the Democratic party drive itself to extinction, given enough time?



It makes you wonder.