Lawrence Lader, an abortion rights activist whose arguments applying the “right to privacy” to abortion were cited by the United States Supreme Court, died Sunday.
The New York Times obituary notes how Lader became convinced of the rightness of legal abortion while working on a biography of Margaret Sanger. He went on to write books on the subject, and organizing public demonstrations, such as a Mother’s Day march for abortion, led by women pushing baby carriages.
The Times notes that he would respond to “hate mail” from abortion opponents by hiding the letters and continuing to smile. “He was very capable of denial,” his wife commented.
Very capable indeed.
Mr. Lader’s denial ended Sunday. May God have more mercy on Lader than Lader had for those whom he could call, with a smile, “products of conception.”
