Abortion, the Woman's Vote and the 2022 Election

[grandhavendiddy]

I think really that this has already been done. Go kill a pregnant mother and see how many murder charges there are.

That's a really interesting point.

 

[nail1988]

what a fool

Biden just admitted there SHOULD be restrictions on abortion, but then it got WEIRD —​

https://therightscoop.com/biden-just-admitted-there-should-be-restrictions-on-abortion-but-then-it-got-weird-video/?fbclid=IwAR1R6GL9Ww-5uy_mL6-MWiKNeeVG5MqSEIRFKYt7VxYxA7bqLJN5yOZczo0

 

[nail1988]

@gatordad3

what a sicko

Democrat Stacey Abrams Elicits Fierce Backlash After Tying Abortion Access to Inflation Struggles

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is running for governor, said during a television appearance Wednesday that more abortion access was a solution to combatting the nation’s crippling inflation rate, a remark that prompted widespread backlash from Republicans.

Stacey Abrams Elicits Fierce Backlash After Tying Abortion to Inflation Struggles

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams' response to how she would combat inflation prompted widespread backlash from Republicans.

trib.al

 

[jfegaly]

what a fool

Biden just admitted there SHOULD be restrictions on abortion, but then it got WEIRD —​

View embedded media

https://therightscoop.com/biden-just-admitted-there-should-be-restrictions-on-abortion-but-then-it-got-weird-video/?fbclid=IwAR1R6GL9Ww-5uy_mL6-MWiKNeeVG5MqSEIRFKYt7VxYxA7bqLJN5yOZczo0

I just can’t anymore. Guy is the biggest idiot to ever hold that office.

It’s absolutely embarrassing.

 

[Capt Ron 1]

@gatordad3

what a sicko

Democrat Stacey Abrams Elicits Fierce Backlash After Tying Abortion Access to Inflation Struggles

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is running for governor, said during a television appearance Wednesday that more abortion access was a solution to combatting the nation’s crippling inflation rate, a remark that prompted widespread backlash from Republicans.

Stacey Abrams Elicits Fierce Backlash After Tying Abortion to Inflation Struggles

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams' response to how she would combat inflation prompted widespread backlash from Republicans.

trib.al

I thought she was going to be somebody in the communist party one day...however she is as dumb as a brick. (like most every dim wit alive)

 

[JimGaster]

He also gave one of the greatest responses ever in a debate...Warnok said "I trust women more than politicians, politicians don't belong in the exam room with women and their doctors".

Walker's response was "I'm pretty sure there's a baby in that room too"...

Whatever Herschel Walker did in his personal life is what it is, if you think this is the height of hypocrisy you've been following politics for about 45 minutes.

Regardless, women are more than their reproductive parts. Don't fall into the dem trap. And don't forget that Georgia has perhaps the most corrupt voting system in the US, I don't think that race is a litmus test.

The red wave is coming.

Herschel will beat that communist racist!

 

[fatman76]

Regardless of what you feel about Abortion, and it is very clear that people on the board have a clear, moral perspective on it (which is good), it is not a compelling issue for the right. You see it in the polling, the ballot initiatives (Kansas) and then how candidates are reacting to it (read: Hershel W. and other examples below).

Conversely, it is almost the only thing that Democrats run on.

Compare that to Immigration, Debt, Inflation, Crime, Covid mandates, Afghanistan, CRT, etc. where the issues are SO clear and compelling. Conservatives/Republicans are hammering home the issue - mercilessly.

Further complicating things, as noted below, is that now people want a federal ban on abortion. So what is it? A "states rights" issue or should be a federal ban? They also hem and haw when pressed about the contradiction between vaccine mandates and being pro-life.

And the candidates who are in anything other than safe R districts? They are dodging or downplaying the issue - just as what happened in 2016-2017 on the ACA repeal.

Lisa hits this on the head around P - if just 3% of the woman's voted for Trump, he pulls the state. Trump - to his credit, knew this too:

View embedded media

(His campaign speech - in PA)

What republicans should be doing, if they really want to spend time here versus the other core issues above, is focusing on late trimester abortions and limiting that for the health of the mother. The baby can (almost always successfully) live outside the womb. Regardless of your religious or moral beliefs, that is a clear line. The woman has been pregnant for a long time - if a decision is to be made, ample time was in place to make it.

Finally, if Trump had his druthers, I am 90%+ sure, he would get government out of it. I believe he was pro-choice up through 2010 and at least 1999 when he was 53.

Should be interesting to see how this plays out in the polls this fall.

By Lisa Lerer National Political Correspondent

Good morning. Republicans spent decades trying to end Roe, but the reality of banning abortion has become a burden on the party.​

​ Anti-abortion campaigners outside the Supreme Court in June.Shuran Huang for The New York Times​

​ A new third rail​

For years, abortion was a straightforward rallying cry for Republicans, a way to identify with the cultural politics of their core supporters in one word: pro-life.​

But the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade plunged the party into a complicated reproductive reality, as I reported in this story that published this morning. The decision ended federal abortion rights, essentially forcing each state to legislate its own rules. After decades of fighting for that very outcome, when it finally happened, Republicans had no clear national message or unified policy.​

Almost immediately, Republican lawmakers were thrust into messy and emotional debates over some difficult issues: child rape, life-threatening medical complications from pregnancies and the devastating diagnoses of fetuses with rare and fatal conditions. As they debated, Republicans saw a once-easy way to energize their supporters transformed into a new third rail. And Democrats saw their fortunes rise in the midterms.​

Will that be enough for Democrats to keep control of Congress? Probably not. But the issue could be a deciding factor in some close races, particularly governors’ contests where the winners may determine abortion rights in their states.​

​ One question, many answers​

What do Republicans believe about abortion? It all depends on whom you ask. Abortion is one of the starkest areas of disagreement within the party right now.​

In Nevada, Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of the Las Vegas area who is running for governor, says he wouldn’t change state law, which currently allows abortion up to 24 weeks of a pregnancy — one of the latest limits in the country.​

​ Lindsey Graham proposed a 15-week federal abortion ban last month.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times​

In the Senate, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is pushing for a ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. (Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, does not agree, and neither do a number of Republican colleagues.)​

In Michigan, Tudor Dixon, the Republican nominee for governor, would rather talk about something else, saying abortion “shouldn’t be an issue.”​

And in Maine, Paul LePage, a former governor and the Republican candidate for that office, seemed to dodge the question entirely. “I don’t know what you mean by 15 weeks or 28 weeks because I don’t know,” LePage said in a debate last week. “I’m not sure I understand the question.”​

​ How voters feel​

The big political problem with the strictest Republican position — total or near-total bans on abortion like those enacted in at least 13 states — is that it’s simply unpopular.​

Public opinion on abortion is notoriously hard to measure because so much of how voters view the issue depends on how surveys frame their questions. But there are a few clear data points. A majority of voters disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, saying they support a federal right to an abortion. Similarly, in a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, 62 percent of Americans said they favored abortion access in either all or most circumstances. At the same time, most voters also support some restrictions starting as women enter the second trimester of pregnancy.​

Part of what has made these questions particularly salient in the 2022 midterms is how they are embedding in the lives of female voters. From the time they get their first period to menopause, most women have an inescapable monthly clock that they discuss mostly with other women. Many of those discussions revolve around pregnancy, which for most of human history was commonly a high-risk, if not fatal, condition.​

The intimacy of the issue raises its political intensity for 50.5 percent of the population — and the even bigger percentage of women who make up the typical midterm electorate. Small changes in this group can cause big political outcomes. As Elaine Kamarck at the Brookings Institution points out, a shift of less than 3 percent of the women’s votes in Pennsylvania in 2020 could have flipped the state to Donald Trump.​

​ November and beyond​

Whatever happens in the midterms, Republicans are not escaping this issue. Activists in both political parties are bracing for a decades-long fight over the future of abortion rights.​

If Republicans win control of Congress, they will face pressure to embrace national abortion bans from social conservatives who see the court’s decision as the beginning of restrictions. That position, of course, contradicts nearly a half-century of Republican Party ideology arguing for abortion laws to return to the states.​

And then there’s the matter of the 2024 presidential primary. It’s easy to imagine a debate stage where Republican candidates are pressed for details about their positions on issues like exceptions for rape, life-threatening ectopic pregnancies and when, exactly, a fetus should be considered a person. We’re already seeing those kinds of questions being asked in midterm debates for Senate and governor.​

In the post-Roe world, just being “pro-life” doesn’t quite cut it for Republican politicians.​

 

[grandhavendiddy]

It’s a good post. Biden and team have done so poorly on the economy it’s overshadowing everything - in aggregate.

the question will come down to, not things in aggregate, but specific, swing districts and swing races. Will Dobbs and abortion drive out 3-4 percent of female turnout to drive a race blue.

we will see…

 

[jfegaly]

It’s a good post. Biden and team have done so poorly on the economy it’s overshadowing everything - in aggregate.

the question will come down to, not things in aggregate, but specific, swing districts and swing races. Will Dobbs and abortion drive out 3-4 percent of female turnout to drive a race blue.

we will see…

At the very least, you should have to go listen to what murder sounds like. Disgusting.

NPR shocks by airing audio of woman getting an abortion: 'Disturbing and evil on every level'

NPR shocked listeners on Thursday when it aired audio of a Michigan woman having an abortion as part of a spotlight on the issue before the midterms.

www.foxnews.com

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

It’s a good post. Biden and team have done so poorly on the economy it’s overshadowing everything - in aggregate.

Orrrrrrr......abortion wasn't nearly as supported around the country as you thought.

 

[Capt Ron 1]

Regardless of what you feel about Abortion, and it is very clear that people on the board have a clear, moral perspective on it (which is good), it is not a compelling issue for the right. You see it in the polling, the ballot initiatives (Kansas) and then how candidates are reacting to it (read: Hershel W. and other examples below).

Conversely, it is almost the only thing that Democrats run on.

Compare that to Immigration, Debt, Inflation, Crime, Covid mandates, Afghanistan, CRT, etc. where the issues are SO clear and compelling. Conservatives/Republicans are hammering home the issue - mercilessly.

Further complicating things, as noted below, is that now people want a federal ban on abortion. So what is it? A "states rights" issue or should be a federal ban? They also hem and haw when pressed about the contradiction between vaccine mandates and being pro-life.

And the candidates who are in anything other than safe R districts? They are dodging or downplaying the issue - just as what happened in 2016-2017 on the ACA repeal.

Lisa hits this on the head around P - if just 3% of the woman's voted for Trump, he pulls the state. Trump - to his credit, knew this too:

View embedded media

(His campaign speech - in PA)

What republicans should be doing, if they really want to spend time here versus the other core issues above, is focusing on late trimester abortions and limiting that for the health of the mother. The baby can (almost always successfully) live outside the womb. Regardless of your religious or moral beliefs, that is a clear line. The woman has been pregnant for a long time - if a decision is to be made, ample time was in place to make it.

Finally, if Trump had his druthers, I am 90%+ sure, he would get government out of it. I believe he was pro-choice up through 2010 and at least 1999 when he was 53.

Should be interesting to see how this plays out in the polls this fall.

By Lisa Lerer National Political Correspondent

Good morning. Republicans spent decades trying to end Roe, but the reality of banning abortion has become a burden on the party.​

​ Anti-abortion campaigners outside the Supreme Court in June.Shuran Huang for The New York Times​

​ A new third rail​

For years, abortion was a straightforward rallying cry for Republicans, a way to identify with the cultural politics of their core supporters in one word: pro-life.​

But the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade plunged the party into a complicated reproductive reality, as I reported in this story that published this morning. The decision ended federal abortion rights, essentially forcing each state to legislate its own rules. After decades of fighting for that very outcome, when it finally happened, Republicans had no clear national message or unified policy.​

Almost immediately, Republican lawmakers were thrust into messy and emotional debates over some difficult issues: child rape, life-threatening medical complications from pregnancies and the devastating diagnoses of fetuses with rare and fatal conditions. As they debated, Republicans saw a once-easy way to energize their supporters transformed into a new third rail. And Democrats saw their fortunes rise in the midterms.​

Will that be enough for Democrats to keep control of Congress? Probably not. But the issue could be a deciding factor in some close races, particularly governors’ contests where the winners may determine abortion rights in their states.​

​ One question, many answers​

What do Republicans believe about abortion? It all depends on whom you ask. Abortion is one of the starkest areas of disagreement within the party right now.​

In Nevada, Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of the Las Vegas area who is running for governor, says he wouldn’t change state law, which currently allows abortion up to 24 weeks of a pregnancy — one of the latest limits in the country.​

​ Lindsey Graham proposed a 15-week federal abortion ban last month.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times​

In the Senate, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is pushing for a ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. (Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, does not agree, and neither do a number of Republican colleagues.)​

In Michigan, Tudor Dixon, the Republican nominee for governor, would rather talk about something else, saying abortion “shouldn’t be an issue.”​

And in Maine, Paul LePage, a former governor and the Republican candidate for that office, seemed to dodge the question entirely. “I don’t know what you mean by 15 weeks or 28 weeks because I don’t know,” LePage said in a debate last week. “I’m not sure I understand the question.”​

​ How voters feel​

The big political problem with the strictest Republican position — total or near-total bans on abortion like those enacted in at least 13 states — is that it’s simply unpopular.​

Public opinion on abortion is notoriously hard to measure because so much of how voters view the issue depends on how surveys frame their questions. But there are a few clear data points. A majority of voters disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, saying they support a federal right to an abortion. Similarly, in a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, 62 percent of Americans said they favored abortion access in either all or most circumstances. At the same time, most voters also support some restrictions starting as women enter the second trimester of pregnancy.​

Part of what has made these questions particularly salient in the 2022 midterms is how they are embedding in the lives of female voters. From the time they get their first period to menopause, most women have an inescapable monthly clock that they discuss mostly with other women. Many of those discussions revolve around pregnancy, which for most of human history was commonly a high-risk, if not fatal, condition.​

The intimacy of the issue raises its political intensity for 50.5 percent of the population — and the even bigger percentage of women who make up the typical midterm electorate. Small changes in this group can cause big political outcomes. As Elaine Kamarck at the Brookings Institution points out, a shift of less than 3 percent of the women’s votes in Pennsylvania in 2020 could have flipped the state to Donald Trump.​

​ November and beyond​

Whatever happens in the midterms, Republicans are not escaping this issue. Activists in both political parties are bracing for a decades-long fight over the future of abortion rights.​

If Republicans win control of Congress, they will face pressure to embrace national abortion bans from social conservatives who see the court’s decision as the beginning of restrictions. That position, of course, contradicts nearly a half-century of Republican Party ideology arguing for abortion laws to return to the states.​

And then there’s the matter of the 2024 presidential primary. It’s easy to imagine a debate stage where Republican candidates are pressed for details about their positions on issues like exceptions for rape, life-threatening ectopic pregnancies and when, exactly, a fetus should be considered a person. We’re already seeing those kinds of questions being asked in midterm debates for Senate and governor.​

In the post-Roe world, just being “pro-life” doesn’t quite cut it for Republican politicians.​

I do not think this post will age very well. I think democrat BLEW this. I think they blew it even worse after they found out THIS did not work....so they went with "If you do not vote for us, you are jeopardizing democracy FOREVER" That IDIOT Clyburn said "The world will end" And DENIED that he ever said that...but Shannon Bream played his OWN WORDS back for him. This was a HUGE failure by the lft, who think they are smarter than EVERYONE else...and will find out VERY differently tomorrow night. They WILL have their azzes handed BACK to them

 

[Capt Ron 1]

Orrrrrrr......abortion wasn't nearly as supported around the country as you thought.

B I N G O...this is what you Have TO TALK ABOUT WHEN you ARE THE PEOPLE WHO RUNIED EVERYTHING GOOD IN aMERICA IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS BECAUSE YOUR POLICIES are GARBAGE

 

[Dr. Curmudgeon]

Orrrrrrr......abortion wasn't nearly as supported around the country as you thought.

It's a big issue if you are devout in faith but I agree to many flippant christians and secular Americans it is a back burner issue.

 

[grandhavendiddy]

I do not think this post will age very well. I think democrat BLEW this. I think they blew it even worse after they found out THIS did not work....so they went with "If you do not vote for us, you are jeopardizing democracy FOREVER" That IDIOT Clyburn said "The world will end" And DENIED that he ever said that...but Shannon Bream played his OWN WORDS back for him. This was a HUGE failure by the lft, who think they are smarter than EVERYONE else...and will find out VERY differently tomorrow night. They WILL have their azzes handed BACK to them

It turned out this post aged very well.

The dynamic turned out exactly as I thought. It drove turnout for democrats and along with very poor candidate quality and fixation on 2020 and J6, the Red Wave turned into the Red Trickle, the Red Wedding (for Republicans), etc.

Remove abortion (which is FAR more about empowering women and the choice they want to make then it is about the actual act - in short it is a SYMBOL) and suburban women have no reason to vote Democratic.

Outside of DeSantis, Abbott, Tim Scott and Rubio, a terrible night for republicans.

 

[Dr. Curmudgeon]

It turned out this post aged very well.

The dynamic turned out exactly as I thought. It drove turnout for democrats and along with very poor candidate quality and fixation on 2020 and J6, the Red Wave turned into the Red Trickle, the Red Wedding (for Republicans), etc.

Remove abortion (which is FAR more about empowering women and the choice they want to make then it is about the actual act - in short it is a SYMBOL) and suburban women have no reason to vote Democratic.

Outside of DeSantis, Abbott, Tim Scott and Rubio, a terrible night for republicans.

No, controlling the House is a big deal. Also, the Senate race isn't over yet.

 

[BamaFan1137]

It turned out this post aged very well.

The dynamic turned out exactly as I thought. It drove turnout for democrats and along with very poor candidate quality and fixation on 2020 and J6, the Red Wave turned into the Red Trickle, the Red Wedding (for Republicans), etc.

Remove abortion (which is FAR more about empowering women and the choice they want to make then it is about the actual act - in short it is a SYMBOL) and suburban women have no reason to vote Democratic.

Outside of DeSantis, Abbott, Tim Scott and Rubio, a terrible night for republicans.

I don't think allowing abortion empowers women anymore than I believe giving men the option to not pay child support would empower men.

Giving women the choice on whether to get pregnant (birth control), now that is empowering.