“But Youngkin acknowledged that 20-weeks might be needed for a compromise.”
...Youngkin is doing exactly what I figured. Crossing the f’n aisle. Extending an olive branch and the all the other pussy sayings.
They’re afraid of 2 things.
Not getting reelected and riots.
Start off by banning all abortions with the clear exception if the Mother's life is in danger. If it fails in the D Senate, then it fails. But at least you negotiated from a position of strength and forced the Dems to embrace their unpopular position.
Virginia is a purple/blue state. Youngkin only won because the Democrats pissed of enough liberal moms in NOVA over school issues and Youngkin earned their votes.
Virginia is not going to get a total ban on abortion and people here are delusional if they think different.
Politics is about winning and total abortion bans are not winning issues other than in a small handful of crimson-red states. A majority of Americans support abortion in the first trimester. This has been unchanged since the earliest days of Roe.
Virginia is at best a purple state. Pushing a total ban means the rats will get full control and eventually unlimited abortions. Be smart, save the ones we can.