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Republicans can’t sugarcoat their losses on abortion rights anymore
Vox ^ | Nov 8, 2023 | Rachel M. Cohen@rmc031

Posted on 11/09/2023 1:02:40 PM PST by entropy12

Even before Tuesday’s elections, many progressives insisted the question of whether protecting abortion rights wins elections was already asked and answered. Democrats made abortion rights the centerpiece of their campaign advertising during the 2022 midterms, a cycle where Democrats outperformed expectations, kept control of the US Senate, and staved off a red wave. Polls last year also found abortion rights to be a significantly motivating issue for both independent and Democratic voters.

Abortion rights ballot measures won in all six states where they appeared in 2022, including states like Montana, Kentucky, and Kansas that otherwise elected Republican candidates.

(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...


TOPICS: Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: abortion; babykillers; election; fakenews; uniparty; vox
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
Maybe it's because some women don't want to prepare for prevention with pills, condoms, etc. because it generates the self image of "I'm a slut." So, it's much easier to have the option of abortion IF they happen to spontaneously get into trouble. That said, it's a horrid and reprehensible act (if for convenience), but it should rightly be left to the states and the GOP would be better served keeping it from being a Federally mandated issue, either way.
101 posted on 11/10/2023 9:13:26 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: entropy12

Thanks. This is an important topic, so thanks for starting this thread.

IMO, the rhetoric is what turns people one way or the other. Many pro-choice women say they themselves have never had and would never have an abortion, and some women turn pro-life after they’ve had one. Most people support some restrictions. But, when people hear that pro-lifers believe a 10-year-old rape victim should be denied an abortion, they think the pro-life crowd sounds crazy. Then, when the Dems point to such cases and promise to “protect women’s rights,” they sound more reasonable to many voters.

I agree with you that Republicans can’t pass restrictions on abortion if they can’t win elections. Republicans need to change their rhetoric, settle for moderate restrictions, and continue to work on changing hearts and minds in other ways.


102 posted on 11/10/2023 10:32:47 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: 9YearLurker

Your question implies a misunderstanding of “intelligence.”

It presumes intelligence equates to a vigilance, an expectation that the worst kind of human behavior is present in all levels of government. The error is that such vigilance is not necessary, under normal circumstances, for high mental function.

However, it just so happens that ever since our system was fully captured by the criminal syndicate, the worst kind of human behavior is in fact present at all levels of government. That is to say, our current circumstances are not normal.

And the final takeaway is this: those who captured our system are of demonstrably lower intelligence, when we define intelligence in the most complete way.


103 posted on 11/10/2023 12:45:18 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Here’s a better to understand what you’re talking about. These people know abortion is wrong, but they’ve been manipulated to think, on a superficial level, that abortion is right.

When they’re given the right questions, those who thought they supported abortion easily flip in the other direction.

To observe this process, watch the video at the top of this thread:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4195283/posts


104 posted on 11/10/2023 12:47:54 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Miami Rebel

The election riggers take action where there is plausible assertion of victory.

Your takeaway is the following: without election rigging, the democrats would lose every election.


105 posted on 11/10/2023 12:49:58 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: SauronOfMordor

This is the video demonstrating that abortion “supporters” are in fact pro-life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y2KsU_dhwI

A way to understand this strange circumstance is that people have been manipulated to support abortion as an abstract t concept that is distant from them, but when it gets closer—and more real—they reject it.


106 posted on 11/10/2023 12:55:34 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Tired of Taxes

“IMO, the rhetoric is what turns people one way or the other. Many pro-choice women say they themselves have never had and would never have an abortion, and some women turn pro-life after they’ve had one. Most people support some restrictions.”

I think most Freepers are missing the point by not being able to see the forest for the trees.

The percentage of voters, especially women, that are voting based on this issue is larger than just Democrats.

I know women who are pro-life and will still turn out to vote against abortion bans. For them, it’s about the freedom to control their own body.

It doesn’t help that a lot of the men who support pro-life positions seem to be intent on punishing women. Trump even said the same thing in an interview when he was running in 2016. At that time, Roe v Wade was in place and his statement didn’t mean very much. It’s different now.

I expect the Republicans are going to get shellacked next year because of this issue.


107 posted on 11/10/2023 12:58:53 PM PST by snarkybob
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To: LTC.Ret

I just go with,
let them kill their children.

Less them. All the pro life millennials I know are having 3 to 7 children. Not Amish. Not LDS.


108 posted on 11/10/2023 1:11:14 PM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: entropy12

Europe has restrictions after 15th week iirc


109 posted on 11/10/2023 1:12:33 PM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: MayflowerMadam

European nations have a 12 to 15 week limit on abortion. A lot better than us


110 posted on 11/10/2023 1:14:04 PM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: firebrand

Wow

Magical thinking!


111 posted on 11/10/2023 1:15:03 PM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Responsibility2nd
This article has it all wrong.

I think this article is short-sighted on several counts:

  1. We no longer speak about abortion as a "right." It is now up to each state to pass laws regulating it.
  2. The electoral impacts in the aftermath of overturning Roe is short-term. It's a "one and done" ballot issue in the states. Once the red and blue states have acted, the issue will fade electorally unless the left can concoct ongoing reasons to relitigate the issue election after election.
-PJ
112 posted on 11/10/2023 1:21:58 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: reasonisfaith

Nope, not buying it.

Besides, it ain’t known as the “stupid party” for nuttin’.


113 posted on 11/10/2023 1:36:09 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Chickensoup

Not magical at all. Just common sense.


114 posted on 11/10/2023 4:34:58 PM PST by firebrand
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To: dandiegirl
but I would say that it’s mostly women that have never had children

Most abortions are performed on women who already have children.

115 posted on 11/10/2023 4:38:19 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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To: 9YearLurker

I get the impression you have personal reasons for not wanting to know about the lower IQ in globalism, communism and in the totalitarian mind.


116 posted on 11/10/2023 5:32:03 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: entropy12

Also, IBTZ

117 posted on 11/10/2023 10:08:43 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: roving

He’s a dot-not-feather.


118 posted on 11/10/2023 10:10:02 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: snarkybob
Your post is spot on.

"It doesn’t help that a lot of the men who support pro-life positions seem to be intent on punishing women."

Many women sound that way, too. The most ardent pro-lifers I've known in real life were women. A few volunteered at pro-life pregnancy crisis centers, and some others might've donated (as I've done) to groups that help pregnant women. But, the vast majority do nothing but scream murder, as the GOP has been doing, which doesn't seem to be a winning strategy.

119 posted on 11/10/2023 10:10:28 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: entropy12; Bikkuri

This spake the 85-year-old foreigner who brags about doing 5-lb curls.

Bikkuri, read his responses this thread.


120 posted on 11/10/2023 10:13:43 PM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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