I'm not sure why the scare quotes are there. It's obvious that the programs that are 'not working' are really just not working.

There was a superb diary on dKos earlier in the year from a gynecologist explaining why he was happy to perform abortions. It was one of the clearest and most moving pro-abortion pieces I've ever read, and made the point that sometimes it's for very real health reasons - pregnancy can be fatal, after all - and sometimes for quality of life reasons.

I don't think abortion should be casual, but I think it should be available on demand.

And I'm always baffled by the clear association that seems to exist between those who want to 'defend life' before birth and then treat life with contempt after it.

I'm not suggesting BJG is in that group, but it's hard to ignore the correlation in much of the rest of the US.