I admit I'm a little surprised. Maybe overwhelmed is the better word for it. I never expected to see leading Democrats – including those in public office and the mainstream media – turn so quickly and so convincingly on such an important issue. Then again, I never expected a global pandemic either.

For years, many on the right have been single-issue voters, refusing to cast a vote for any candidate of either party if they are wrong on the great human rights issue of our day – whether or not we will continue to legally permit the dismembering of living, pre-born human beings simply for convenience.

Truth be told, that stance has pretty much eliminated the viability of any Democrat candidate given their party's macabre leftward lurch when it comes to feticide. Their national platform embraces it, virtually every single one of their presidential contestants this year promoted it, pro-life Democrats have been electorally dismissed and philosophically expelled from party membership. In various local regions, you will encounter Democrats who advocate for full human rights, but it's sadly becoming increasingly rare.

Not that every Republican has proven worthy of a pro-life vote, of course. There are plenty of Republican pundits and politicians who also demur or deny the extension of unalienable rights to preborn human beings. But it seems the COVID-19 pandemic is precipitating a startling, almost unbelievable change of heart amongst those who for decades have advocated an arbitrary limitation on human rights. In confronting the devastating suffering and loss of life associated with coronavirus, many of these politicians and pundits are apparently experiencing their own road to Damascus.

If you find that hard to believe, here's CNN's left-wing anchor Jake Tapper, expressing openly his faith's teaching regarding the sanctity of human life:

Explicitly pro-life. And since Tapper is not going to pick-and-choose which parts of his faith's teaching to embrace and promote, here is a companion teaching just a few pages over:

It will be wonderful to have a primetime CNN anchor now advocating boldly on behalf of the preborn.

Equally shocking is the sudden reversal from one of the country's most ardent feticide-supporting governors, New York's Andrew Cuomo. Having been thrust into the limelight, dealing with the most severe outbreak of coronavirus in the country, Cuomo has obviously been moved by the loss of innocent life. So much so, he recently tweeted out his new conviction:

Look at those words again: "You cannot put a value on human life." It's almost as though Cuomo lifted them directly from the many placards and signs adorning the streets of D.C. at the annual March for Life in January. Remember, Planned Parenthood and its associates put a value on human life every day, charging a nominal fee to burn, dissolve, or dismember human life before discarding it in a dumpster. It appears they've lost a huge ally in Governor Cuomo. Consider, this was the same man who just over a year ago celebrated the expansion of feticide in his state by lighting One World Trade Center bright pink. His conversion is a jaw-dropping development.

And for skeptics wondering whether this groundswell movement will reach the highest levels of the Democrat Party, wonder no longer. Here's the presumptive Democrat nominee for president himself:

Say it with me again: "No one is expendable. No matter your age." That's precisely correct. Seeing Joe Biden articulate a pro-life vision, rejecting the cruel premise that only "wanted life," "healthy life," "able-bodied life," "planned life," or "convenient life" is deserving of defense is heartening and welcome.

I lament that it took a deadly virus and all that it has wrought here in America to bring these leading progressive voices to submit to the universal truth that human life – all human life – is sacred and worthy of legal protection. But praise God they've shaken the scales shaped like abortion lobby dollars from their eyes and are finally willing to stand for human rights. Things will be much different now.

Right?

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