Abortion Debate Is Over for Democrats

[DonViejo]

March 13, 2018 at 11:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

McClatchy: “Nine months from Election Day, political veterans eyeing the House landscape struggle to even identify a single Democratic House hopeful — of the hundreds running — who openly opposes abortion rights.”

“Their absence is a significant development for a party in places such as western Pennsylvania, where Democrats even recently would run self-identified ‘pro-life’ candidates… And it’s reshaping the cultural agenda of a party that, on everything from immigration to guns, has moved decidedly to the left in the last decade – to the chagrin of some who worry it’s reducing their appeal to some right-leaning voters.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/13/abortion-debate-is-over-for-democrats/

[Brainstormy]

1. very sad.

and while I've only voted, down ballot, for a Republican once in my life, I'd vote for a pro choice Repug over a Dem who opposes abortion rights.

[politicaljunkie41910]

2. Perhaps it's finally dawning on the public at large that women have a right to privacy

when it comes to their reproductive rights and this is an issue that never belonged in the public debate in the first place. This is something that always should have been left to a woman and her doctor.