David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris

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  My name is David French and I'm an opinion columnist at the New York Times.

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  I've been a conservative since the moment I started being interested in politics.

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  I was a Cold War Reagan conservative.

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  I came of age in the 1980s and that was my political identity.

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  And for a long time, it also was my professional identity.

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  I was a free speech lawyer for many years.

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  I was a pro life litigator for many years.

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  I was a Romney delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention.

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  So I was deeply embedded both in the conservative legal movement and in the Republican Party itself before the rise of Donald Trump.

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  But I am, for the first time in my adult life, going to vote for a Democrat for president in 2024.

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  I'm going to vote for Kamala Harris.

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  Some people say I can't vote for Kamala Harris because I'm pro life and a Christian.

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