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NY Times’ Headline Hijinks Hide Abortion Danger for Democrats: ‘Deal Breaker’?

Posted on 08 May 2020

Reporter Maggie Astor profiled several young conservatives for her full-page lead National story in Thursday’s New York Times: “For Young Republicans, Abortion Fight Remains a Deal Breaker.” The framing of that headline is so strange. At first glance, one could easily think the “deal breaker” refers to the abortion issue being an electoral problem for the Republican Party, as liberal young people flock to the more socially liberal Democrats.