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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbortion wars flare for midterm election campaign
Trump and anti-abortion activists this week touted recent actions restricting abortion as helping to galvanize Republican voters for the midterm elections.
But Democrats see it the other way around, arguing Trumps actions to defund Planned Parenthood and roll back ObamaCares contraception mandate are going to hurt, not help, Republican candidates on the ballot in November.
Both sides believe they have the upper hand, making the election a litmus test for public opinion that could shape the messaging of both parties heading into the 2020 presidential election.
This is just going to encourage women across the country not just Democrats, but Republicans and independents to come out and support pro-choice candidates who are going to stand up to these unconstitutional attacks on our health care, said Alexandra De Luca, press secretary for EMILYs List, a group that supports pro-abortion rights women running for office.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/389464-abortion-wars-flare-for-midterm-election-campaign?rnd=1527371078
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Its lasted 40+ years.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)And they haven't done jack shit except talk about it.
Shows you what it really means to them.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)will give a few anti abortion, but pro Dem in other issues, voters the leeway to vote for a Dem finally. I know one who didn't vote for the moron but didn't vote for Hillary because she is an Irish Catholic woman. She is mostly with the Dems on issues but the abortion thing is a deciding factor. Now that it is OK to be pro abortion in her "Irish Eyes" she may vote for a Dem now.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Maybe, women are tired of being told what they can and should do with their reproductive lives. Maybe, women want counseling about planning about when they have children. Maybe, women want BC available without someones religious right nurse or dr denying it to them. Maybe women just want the rights we thought we had. And maybe, there are more of us than. Anyone knows. Could be Irish women just rang a bellweather .
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)Let's get with the times 2018...after all we ARE the majority (51% of the US population). Isn't it about time to say that we have rights too? When will we stop letting others tell is what we can and can't do (especially religious and political men)?