you have to have 60 senate votes to pass a federal bill. no republican president can ban abortions any more than a democrat president can ban those state laws. if we really do want to save as many babies as possible, if we want to support as many moms as possible, let s find consensus on where we can do that. i think we need to support the fact that we want to get rid of late-term abortions. guess what, they are ready. let s focus on good-quality adoptions. let s focus on the fact that contraception should be accessible. let s focus on the fact that we need to make sure that we are not putting any women in jail, anyone, you know, the death penalty from state laws if a woman gets an abortion. let s humanize this issue and stop demonizing this issue. maria: the wall street journal