Hawley: If Republicans Stop Fighting for Life at the Federal Level, then Dobbs Changed ‘Nothing’

The Washington Stand ^ | July 12, 2024 | Suzanne Bowdey

[Responsibility2nd]

The Supreme Court could have effectively ruled against abortion on a federal level.

Instead they compromised. They punted the ball to the states. As we know, Abortion was and is a national issue. Abortion has no more business being left to the states as slavery had no business being left to the states.

[wiseprince]

The results: Roe v Wade remained the law of the land eventhough the Repukes have had both houses of congress and the Presidency many times since 1980. The country as a whole is much more supportive of abortion. Late term abortions have gained much more support, it seems especially by the wonen of the nation. Promiscuity has sky rocketed and well as the number of abortions. In short, the policy has been an abject failure. When people say all talk, no action this is a great example. It’s much like Jerusalem being the Capitol of Israel has also been in the platform and absolutely nothing was done about it. All of this makes it clear that the platform is just red meat to run on to the GOP and not really goals to be achieved. The reality is that abortions have become much more acceptable (for none health related reasons) in a normally bankrupted nation. Trying to solve that in a 4 month election is ridiculous. If you run on a national abortion ban you will lose the election but more notably even if you win there is a 0% chance that it will become law and, additionally, will not save one child.

[Responsibility2nd]

If you run on a national abortion ban you will lose the election but more notably even if you win there is a 0% chance that it will become law and, additionally, will not save one child.

Nobody is running on a national abortion ban. The point of this article and the point I'm making is all about Republicans pretending abortion is a States Rights issue and is not a concern on a national level.

So what good does removing a prolife position on our Republican platform do? We had great succeses in 40 years opposing abortion on the national stage. The greatest victory of all was overturning Roe. But removing abortion on a national level will silence Repubs on a national discussion. After all - it's not our business, right? The problem belongs to the states.

And if abortion is not a national Republican issue, then what will Trump do in response to the billions of dollars Fedzilla spends annually to promote and fund abortions?

He can't do anything. After all this is not his problem. Let's leave this to the states to decide, right?