2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What exactly will not voting for the nominee accomplish? [View all]BooScout
(10,406 posts)I think you and I disagree on the substance of the issue. It's my opinion that what is the core or Roe vs Wade is very much threatened. A woman's right to chose is most definitely being taken away from us by the Religious Right with their control of the Republican Party. Law after law that limits a woman's ability to have an abortion if she deems it necessary is being taken away from us. These laws are eventually working their way through the courts while they are challenged (and while they are being challenged our rights are often taken away or curtailed severely). If once the appeals make their way to the top of the tier and the SCOTUS is not leaning left because someone who is to the right was appointed by a Republican president then it's my opinion that it could be disastrous for Women's Rights and in fact set us back decades.
I feel the same way with the issue of voting rights and the environment and in fact with most issues that come before the SCOTUS. The next President is most likely going to set the direction of the Supreme Court for the next two or three decades. It's too important for me to ever not vote in the GE for a Democrat....whoever it may be.