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Quixote1818's JournalNew poll reveals warning signs for GOP on abortion ahead of midterms
Andrew Romano
Andrew Romano·West Coast Correspondent
Fri, May 6, 2022, 2:52 PM·6 min read
Many right-wing politicians and pundits have spent the week rejoicing over Monday's momentous report that five conservative Supreme Court justices appear poised to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion almost half a century ago.
Yet a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, one of the first to be conducted entirely after the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s controversial draft opinion, suggests that Republicans risk overplaying their hand on abortion ahead of the 2022 midterms — and that Democrats could benefit if the hot-button issue is on the ballot.
The survey of 1,577 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 3 to May 6, found that registered voters initially preferred a generic Democrat (44%) over a generic Republican (39%) by 5 percentage points when asked how they would vote in their district if the congressional election were being held today.
But when voters were asked to choose instead between a “pro-choice Democrat” and a “pro-life Republican,” GOP support fell to 31% while Democratic support held steady — more than doubling the gap between the two candidates, to 13 percentage points.
More: https://news.yahoo.com/new-poll-reveals-warning-signs-for-gop-on-abortion-ahead-of-midterms-205241999.html
How Fringe Christian Nationalists Made Abortion a Central Political Issue
By Katherine Stewart
The most popular origin story of Christian nationalism today, shared by many critics and supporters alike, explains that the movement was born one day in 1973, when the Supreme Court unilaterally shredded Christian morality and made abortion “on demand” a constitutional right. At that instant, the story goes, the flock of believers arose in protest and threw their support to the party of “Life” now known as the Republican Party. The implication is that the movement, in its current form, finds its principal motivation in the desire to protect fetuses against the women who would refuse to carry them to term.
This story is worse than myth. It is false as history and incorrect as analysis. Christian nationalism drew its inspiration from a set of concerns that long predated the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade and had little to do with abortion. The movement settled on abortion as its litmus test sometime after that decision for reasons that had more to do with politics than embryos. It then set about changing the religion of many people in the country in order to serve its new political ambitions. From the beginning, the “abortion issue” has never been just about abortion. It has also been about dividing and uniting to mobilize votes for the sake of amassing political power.
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On a crisp morning in January 2018, tens of thousands of marchers throng the National Mall in the annual March for Life. The crowd tilts female and young, and the overwhelming majority is white. A good number are clustered in church or campus youth groups and facing down the cold with parkas and Uggs or duck boots to protect their feet from the chill.
More: https://lithub.com/how-fringe-christian-nationalists-made-abortion-a-central-political-issue/
Abortion wasn't always taboo in America
The Hill: Could the end of Roe v. Wade save Democrats in November?
Democrats fear a Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade would seriously endanger women’s health and disintegrate one of their most sacrosanct political rights.
But for all the anger and concern, some in the party see a way to turn the shared anxiety into action in November.
They say the possibility — expected by many court-watchers — that abortion could suddenly become illegal in states across the country could galvanize voters in a way few other issues could, particularly as President Biden remains plagued by low approval ratings and predicaments at home and abroad.
More: https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3269957-could-the-end-of-roe-v-wade-save-democrats-in-november/
Repulsive MAGA Couple Hit With Instant Karma
The irony is that gays and lesbians don't have many rights in China. She has it totally backwards. Sounds like she would love China as a homophobic loser.
Axios: What would immediately happen in each state if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Seems to me this could really impact a lot of moderate states state legislatures and Gov. races. Thoughts?
As of April 8, 2022
Abortion would immediately become illegal in at least 13 states if the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, and more would likely follow suit quickly.
Why it matters: The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. Its decision could throw Roe's survival into question, or at least narrow its scope. A ruling is expected as soon as June.
Where it stands: If the court were to ultimately overturn the precedents that established the constitutional right to an abortion, a patchwork of state laws would govern the procedure.
Wyoming is the 13th state to pass a a "trigger law" in place — an abortion ban that would kick in right away if the court completely overturns its precedents.
Four states — Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia —have even amended their constitutions to prohibit any protections for abortion rights.
Oklahoma state lawmakers passed a bill in late April that would modify the language of the trigger law to ban abortions if the court “overrules in whole or in part” Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Several other states don't have trigger laws in place but would likely move quickly to ban or tightly restrict the procedure if the court clears the way: Florida, Indiana, Montana and Nebraska would be prime candidates, according to analysis from the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research organization.
More: https://www.axios.com/roe-v-wade-repeal-supreme-court-texas-mississippi-fbf18076-8b9b-4243-bd8b-e75700671259.html
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