Republicans Are Launching Last-Minute Attempts To Keep Abortion Off The Ballot
When Donald Trump attempts to defend his unpopular but ever-changing stance on abortion, he never fails to come back to his safest talking point: He allowed the states to decide how to regulate abortion.
He presents it as a shining example of simply letting democracy flourish. “It’s the vote of the people now,” he said during the presidential debate on Tuesday. “It’s not tied up in the federal government. I did a great service in doing it.”
But in three states with critical abortion rights measures on the ballot in November, Republicans are engaged in a dedicated campaign to strip voters of that choice. Conservatives are making last-ditch court efforts in Florida, Missouri and Nebraska to remove abortion rights questions from the ballot, using either government intimidation or far-fetched legal theories.
Desperate attempts to keep abortion off the ballot signal just how popular pro-choice policies are. Recent polling in all three states shows that a majority of voters would support their state’s abortion rights amendment.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-are-launching-last-minute-attempts-to-keep-abortion-off-the-ballot_n_66e1cd05e4b06d75dd27c001
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