The Right to Life is more popular than trickle down economics.
The Right to Life is more popular than the Iraq War.
So why is it the Right to Life that so many Republicans say should be abandoned in order to ‘gain votes’?
“So why is it the Right to Life that so many Republicans say should be abandoned in order to ‘gain votes’?”
I can only speak for myself, but I don’t think anyone wants to abandon the pro-life plank in our platform. It’s a primary issue to some, and not to others. That is just the way things are at this point in time.
My personal view is that there are two basic, and proven since ancient times, essentials in securing life for those who are here, and those are sound economics and defense. Without either of those being adequate, the societal fabric will degenerate into chaos. This is why these two issues are at the top of my list right now, as compared to a debate we’ve been engaged in for 37 years without resolution; gaining a little ground only to lose it again after a disaterous election because the economy went south.
The only way to have a permanent affect that we desire is we have to persuade people who are not persuaded thus far to our way of thinking, and we haven’t done it yet.
On the other hand, if we can win the debate about state’s rights and the need for the federal government to respect state soveriegnty and limit itself to delineated powers, even if over economic issue, we might be able to have the precedence we need to overturn Roe v. Wade.