Regardless of your feelings on abortion, this country is pretty much split down the middle on the issue.
These guys act like this evil Republican cabal is conspiring to force their will on everyone else, when this actually just demonstrates how about half the country feels.
So in other words its basically acknowledging reality and doing what the founders intended by letting up to the states. (Though the founders would have never even tolerated infanticide to begin with even at the state level.)
The funny thing I don't have a strong opinion either way about abortion. I just side with pro lifers because they respect my guns rights and their opponents don't. I'm not a religious man but but I do consider the Religious Right to be my cultural allies because the other side wants me dead.
Practicing Christians have literally no institutional power in the U.S. outside of their Churches, thanks to "Separation of Church and State" being purposefully misconstrued to refer to tolerating all religions and cults instead of just different Christian sects.
I don't really know as far as politicians go. I'm referring more to the average Evangelical who votes red mainly over social issues. But yeah, the religious part of the GOP seems to have less power than it's had at any time since 1980. Trump wouldn't have gotten the nomination in 2016 had the Evangelicals been in the driver's seat of the party, but even then Trump felt the need to choose Pence as his running mate to shore up his support with them. If he does end up running again he won't have to worry about Evangelical support this time around, especially if the reports are correct about Roe vs Wade getting overturned. For all the shit they got for backing Trump it looks like it's about to pay off, and I'm genuinely happy for them even though I don't really care much about the issue.
As is the case with almost all leftist polling, the answers change drastically when the options are fully explained.
Half the country does not support second trimester abortion. Much less than half the country supports third trimester abortion.
If you were to show respondents an ultrasound of an abortion, the number who support the procedure would plummet greatly.
Anyways, the whole “half the country” thing appears to be a manufactured consensus; odds are that polling and selective media are presenting a false reality.
Regardless of your feelings on abortion, this country is pretty much split down the middle on the issue.
These guys act like this evil Republican cabal is conspiring to force their will on everyone else, when this actually just demonstrates how about half the country feels.
It's not even outlawing abortion. It's just saying that there is nothing in the constitution that guarantees the right to an abortion.
This will pass the issue back to the states to decide for themselves, or the Federal Government if they can get the votes to pass some legislation.
The original Roe v Wade SC ruling was always legally a bad one.
So in other words its basically acknowledging reality and doing what the founders intended by letting up to the states. (Though the founders would have never even tolerated infanticide to begin with even at the state level.)
The funny thing I don't have a strong opinion either way about abortion. I just side with pro lifers because they respect my guns rights and their opponents don't. I'm not a religious man but but I do consider the Religious Right to be my cultural allies because the other side wants me dead.
Practicing Christians have literally no institutional power in the U.S. outside of their Churches, thanks to "Separation of Church and State" being purposefully misconstrued to refer to tolerating all religions and cults instead of just different Christian sects.
I don't really know as far as politicians go. I'm referring more to the average Evangelical who votes red mainly over social issues. But yeah, the religious part of the GOP seems to have less power than it's had at any time since 1980. Trump wouldn't have gotten the nomination in 2016 had the Evangelicals been in the driver's seat of the party, but even then Trump felt the need to choose Pence as his running mate to shore up his support with them. If he does end up running again he won't have to worry about Evangelical support this time around, especially if the reports are correct about Roe vs Wade getting overturned. For all the shit they got for backing Trump it looks like it's about to pay off, and I'm genuinely happy for them even though I don't really care much about the issue.
He's as Catholic as the Pope, which is to say when one adheres to the Cult of Slaneesh, there can be no other faith, only another façade.
Even if 100% of the country was in favor of infanticide it would still be wrong and should be illegal.
Letting the "Majority" dictate "Reality" never ends well.
As is the case with almost all leftist polling, the answers change drastically when the options are fully explained.
Half the country does not support second trimester abortion. Much less than half the country supports third trimester abortion.
If you were to show respondents an ultrasound of an abortion, the number who support the procedure would plummet greatly.
Anyways, the whole “half the country” thing appears to be a manufactured consensus; odds are that polling and selective media are presenting a false reality.