Republican politicians haven't been talking very much about the Texas abortion ruling. That's because they largely only care about abortion as a cause to energize their base. Also Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade 58% to 32%.Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:02 pmCan you elaborate on what you mean by this?N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:26 amWhile I think what the Court did just stinks, and some people are going to suffer for a time, in the long run, I suspect it backfires.
Actually banning abortion takes away the cause that motivates the Republican base while energizing everyone else.
Or so I suspect.
(Edited to add: Both sides in this argument have a point. Lots of people genuinely oppose abortion on moral grounds. But also it didn't really become a salient political issue until several years after Roe was decided. There were evangelicals who supported abortion nrights. And the next justice to be nominated to the Supreme Court after that decision was John Paul Stevens in 1975. As far as I can tell, there was zero discussion about how his addition to the court would affect abortion rights, and he was confirmed 98-0.)
Also since I mentioned California gubernatoria candidate Larry Elder above, I'll just note here that he said slaveholders should have been compensated for the loss of their slaves following the Civil War.