In early June, news came of the death of former Oregon Senator Bob Packwood at the age of 93 in Rancho Mirage, California. For most readers, the era of Packwood’s prominent role in Congress is ancient history or perhaps off the radar screen altogether. Packwood, however, was a key figure in the national drama over abortion and an exemplar of the fact that support for striking down the nation’s law protecting the unborn was as much or more a Repu…
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