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Sure, many Republicans 40+ years ago supported women's rights/ERA/abortion rights, BUT. . .
. . . As the party was taken over by religious extremists in the late 70s/80s, and as the extremist agenda came to dominate that party's politics, many of those same Republicans said nary a word in protest. So you have to wonder exactly how deep that support ever really was.