Dogged pro lifers see this as a do or die scenario. If the GOP nominee can be pro-choice on the abortion issue, that means their fetish issue has been marginalized even within their own ranks.
If he wins, then it’s clearly the dominant national position, and they are further marginalized.
A Rudy victory pretty much would cement the idea that this is a pro-choice, pro-abortion nation. A bitter pill to swallow if you’ve spent the last three decades insisting that it isn’t.
I’m pro life, but I have said for a while on FR that the tide has clearly turned against many pro life values nationally. A good sized minority is against it, but I think a majority of that group nationally not passionately so.
Thee decades and 40+ million abortions probably means that all sorts of women have had abortions - churchgoing, atheist, republican, democrat, conservative, liberal, etc.
Sad to say, I think enough men and enough women are in the electorate that will keep first trimester abortion legal even in a post Roe landscape.
If all my eggs were in the pro life basket, I would be worried too.
Why are you so logical? It’s not allowed on a Rudy bashing post! ;-)
Thoughtful post.
Wow - that’s an interesting observation.
The tide is turning indeed - against the pro aborts! Pro lifers are growing within the Democratic party at the grass roots level, challenging the totalitarian party line.
The public tide is going to force Dems in office to change their positions. Watch for it.
As a practical matter I don't think there will be too many states -- if any -- that would criminalize abortion and aggressively prosecute doctors and women. The real issue is cultural, not legal.
That's why you might want to keep some with you, for when you decide to have children.