The Original Roe v Wade Even Today Has Majority Support

 

More than one poll and the seven elections since overturning Roe illustrate the public majority does not, and will not, stand for elimination of all abortions. Polls do not give majority support for a national law making all abortions at any time legal. These polls also show majority support for abortion rights. So, what can the Republican Party and its bonkers no-abortions ever branch do to be successful in upcoming House and Senate elections? The Party needs to find its way to put legislation and the courts back to allowing abortions but allowing states to play political games around the edges with their own restrictions. 

Those who disliked the original Roe v Wade say they do not want to return to a U.S. where doctors under some circumstances could perform "late-term abortions." When I write about abortion rights here commenters sometimes accuse me of advocating the right to abortion the day before birth. 

This hand-wringing about late term abortions is nothing but milking emotions for political gain. If a woman has allowed her pregnancy to progress late into its months of term it is because she wants to give birth. If something happens to herself or to the fetus making it imperative that the pregnancy be terminated it means her intentions and desire to give birth cannot happen. I personally know of only a few actual cases but in all of them terminating the pregnancy was the only option. I've read this is the case in nearly always why late term abortions happen. A common political technique of the religious right is to say all abortions happen because women do not want to be accountable to their promiscuous lifestyles including sex. 

I am certain one of the reasons abortion rights has so much support is the blatant dishonesty of the anti- abortion religious community. Just recently, an anti-abortion judge lied about a drug used to induce abortions. He presented as fact that the drug is "dangerous" when he knows it is not. Both 20 years of the drug's use and controlled experiments have demonstrated its safety. The judge's religious views against abortion overpowered his ability to make rational judicious decisions.   

The Republican Party has painted itself into a corner. It supported overturn of Roe but, because it was successful it is now losing elections. How it will get out of the corner I don't know, but escape it must.

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