Conservatives tossed out Roe v. Wade. Now some are pressuring the GOP to

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Conservatives tossed out Roe v. Wade. Now some are pressuring the GOP to soften its resistance to financially supporting families or risk a 'severe' backlash

Business Insider via Yahoo News

The Supreme Court took a blowtorch to the constitutional right to abortion on Friday, delivering a monumental victory to conservative activists who labored to overturn Roe v. Wade for a half-century. Abortion is poised to be severely restricted or banned in about half of all states with few exceptions.

Last week's ruling also cast a harsh glare on the GOP. For a party that has long cast its priorities as pro-life, Republicans put in minimal effort in recent years to ensure children enjoy a basic standard of living once they're born.

The GOP lined up in fierce opposition to President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan, which contained ambitious initiatives to establish affordable childcare, set up universal pre-K, and overhaul the child tax credit so it was paid out monthly. In early 2020, President Donald Trump endorsed a modest bipartisan paid leave plan that fell flat with Republican lawmakers.

It's prompting some conservatives to urge their party to soften its usual resistance to financially supporting parents and children. Abby McCloskey, a conservative policy expert who worked on past GOP and independent presidential campaigns, called it a "soul-searching moment" for the GOP.

"There's parts of the party that have wanted to break forward and do more types of reforms in the paid leave, child tax credit and childcare space," McCloskey told Insider. "I think that they should get behind those policies quickly, especially because many in the Republican Party were championing the overturning of Roe and here we are," she said.

[onecaliberal]

1. They're trying to cut aid, not increase. Give me a break. These people are fucking clueless.

[Claustrum]

9. They will say they care just to get through the bad news cycle.

Then when people aren't looking, they will do the opposite and cut funding.

[TheRealNorth]

12. Exactly

This is a BS smokescreen.

[Nevilledog]

2. Hahahaha

That'll never happen

[C_U_L8R]

3. Soul searching moment?

Gonna be the world's longest, most fruitless moment.

[librechik]

4. Ahh. Do the QOP have a sad?

No. Fuck that. Hey we thought about it for a second! (not)

No. increasing poverty is key to the plan. How can the starving fight back against their betters? Leave them hungry and desperate. Most will just die, and they don't fucking care.

[leftieNanner]

5. You are correct

But if they think this is a good plan, then they are certainly not students of history.

If you take away people's lives and give them nothing to live for, they will then have nothing to lose. Just ask Marie Antoinette.

[librechik]

6. They don't know about history and have no respect for those who do.

They claim to make their own history and the rest of us should all drop dead.

Stupid wins too often.

[regnaD kciN]

7. "But that's socialism!!!"

I’ve seen Christofascists make it clear: the only purpose of government is to “fight sin.” They have done so via ending “baby-killing.” Now their job is done, and it’s up to the sluts to fend for themselves and their own bastards.

[RobinA]

8. So, As A Woman

I'm supposed to forget that they took away my ability to make a fundamental decision because they throw some money at me? Yeah, no. My autonomy is not for sale.

[lastlib]

10. Maybe the Webb space telescope can search for their souls......

I've seen no sign of it here on earth.

[LaMouffette]

11. They're just having an "Uh-oh!" moment as they realize that overturning a Constitutional right that

80 percent of Americans want to keep is a "bad look" for them as they head into the November midterms.

Now they're trying to suck up to those of us who have lost a right we've had for 50 years by saying, "No, no, no! We really DO care about children after they've been born. Really and truly we do!"

[tazkcmo]

13. Ah, Business Insider.

That is why this article seems to be written by someone who has been living in a cave since Nixon's war on poverty which was the last time the GOPee did anything for the 90% of us.

[Demovictory9]

14. Not rank and file..rank and file want GOP to.go after same sex marriage

Per comments online..

[modrepub]

15. Watch What People Do Not What They Say

The M$M never seem to learn that lesson. Instead of putting microphone in talking head faces, spend some time covering what politicians actually pass as legislation.

[Leith]

16. "Republicans put in minimal effort"

Bullshit. They put in NO effort. They actively worked to deny children a basic standard of living once they're born. I am so sick of the saccharine sweet, palliative language they use to describe rethugs. The party seeks to punish women for enjoying sex and they work to deny babies and children everything to get them started in life.