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Although many pro-lifers cheered Time magazine�s recent that abortion champions have �been losing ever since� their 1973 triumph in Roe v. Wade, ethicist and theologian Dr. Pia de Solenni (�93) is less sanguine. Writing for the National Catholic Register, she :

Framing the abortion movement as in decline is particularly interesting, since the story was published just days before Planned Parenthood released its annual report marking a record number of abortions: 333,964.

The family-planning organization also received $542 million in government funding, possibly an all-time high, and had $87.4 million in excess revenue, with $1.2 billion in net assets. It seems that, for Planned Parenthood, business is booming.�

Noting Time magazine�s unflinching support for legal abortion, Dr. de Solenni suspects that political calculations are at the root of its assessment about the state of the abortion wars:

In Washington, D.C., it�s widely accepted that the party or issue that loses a political race inevitably gets a windfall in donations. After all, there�s nothing like a political loss to prove to supporters how desperately their cash is needed to advance this very important cause just before it�s defeated forever.

On the flip side, it�s much harder to create a fundraising urgency when people think that a particular issue is succeeding and well-supported by government policies. There�s no evidence that their donations are needed, at least not nearly as much. After all, they�ve reached the goal for which they donated, whether it�s getting a candidate elected or putting a policy in place.

Nevertheless, a well-placed article � let�s say, on the cover of Time � making the case that major advances are about to be lost creates a great sense of urgency for the supporters of that allegedly about-to-be-lost cause.

Dr. de Solenni (�93) discusses the matter further on �Register Radio� with host Tim Drake, audio of which is on the Register�s website.