I'm all for it.
Posted on 09/19/2023 3:22:16 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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In June 2022, the long-standing infamous Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade and its subsequent reaffirmation in Planned Parenthood v. Casey was dashed to pieces when three newly appointed Supreme Court justices tipped the scales forever in a victory for life.
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, federal protection for abortion was terminated, answering the prayers of millions of conservatives, people of faith, and passionate pro-life advocates across the nation. The fall of Roe v. Wade was nothing short of a miracle for proponents of the pro-life movement, and it is a victory for life that should never be understated.
Now, the abortion argument has been resigned to the sovereign states, giving pro-life advocates and conservatives a powerful negotiating tool for crafting life-saving legislation.
It is a fact that President Donald Trump was responsible for appointing three conservative Supreme Court justices while he was in office, providing a pathway toward overturning Roe v. Wade. It is also a fact that President Trump remains the first and only sitting president to ever attend the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.
In one term of his presidency, President Trump easily did more for the pro-life movement than many other so-called conservative presidents did in decades. This is indisputable. Despite his success in bridging the gap between hard-left pro-choice advocates and supporters of the pro-life movement, cancel culture has come for Trump once again – but the arguments against him are falling flat.
Trump understands how to win on this topic
President Trump sat down over the weekend with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he discussed Joe Biden, policy, and his 2024 presidential bid. In a question regarding whether he would sign a 15-week federal ban on abortion, Trump stated that as president again, he would sit down with “both sides” and negotiate a deal that would result in “peace on that issue for the first time in 52 years.”
He additionally pointed out that Gov. DeSantis’s, R-Fla., decision to sign a six-week ban on abortion was a “terrible mistake,” referring to the political ramifications on a national scale.
These comments drew the ire of conservative commenters and disgruntled social media users, who were quick to label Trump as someone who was advocating for the murder of babies in the womb.
However, to paint Trump as an advocate of abortion is not simply disingenuous but wholly untrue. It also purposely fails to acknowledge the political context of his comments, of which he has always been crystal clear. Trump has unilaterally been transparent that he is “pro-life” with the three exceptions of rape, incest, and the life of the mother, per Politico. Some pro-life advocates may disagree with his three exceptions rule, but it is a fact that he has never changed his stance since 2016.
The president has also strongly condemned “abortion-on-demand” and late-term abortions.
This summer, he reaffirmed his commitment to protecting babies in the womb during remarks delivered at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference in Washington, D.C.
“I will continue to fight against the demented late-term abortionists in the Democrat Party who believe in unlimited abortion-on-demand and even executing babies after BIRTH,” he said.
Over the weekend, the president delivered keynote remarks at the CWALAC’s Leadership Summit in D.C., addressing the political battleground of abortion in the United States today. He explained, “We can win elections on this issue, but it’s very delicate and explaining it properly is an extremely important thing. You have to be able to speak and explain it properly. A lot of politicians who are pro-life don’t know how to discuss this topic.”
He’s right. According to a 2023 Gallup poll, 51 percent of Americans today believe that abortion should be legal “only under certain circumstances,” while only 13 percent believe that “it should be illegal in all circumstances.”
Like it or not, the country is deeply divided on the issue of abortion, and if conservatives fail to negotiate on this issue properly, Republicans will not only lose the White House in 2024 – they will lose every election afterward. And, in the face of an overreaching and tyrannical Biden regime, it is unthinkable that conservatives would allow Democrats to win on the issue of abortion simply because they are unwilling to strategically assess the modern political landscape.
One battle at a time wins the war
Hardline pro-life advocates staunchly push for the full termination of abortion in all 50 states. For those who value lives in the womb, this is a reasonable goal to work toward.
Pro-choice advocates, by contrast, would like to see a return to nationwide federal protection on abortion. In a nation where only 13 percent of Americans want to see abortion outlawed, there is no viable political path to the White House at this time without some compromise on the issue of abortion. This is a sad but stark fact. Trump alone seems to understand this.
Populist news account Election Wizard explained it like this: “Trump, the most pro-life POTUS, is trying to lead pro-lifers away from snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Making abortion a non-issue in 2024 is a smart play. Since Dobbs, the Red states of KS, KY, MT, and OH put abortion bans on the ballot. All of them failed.”
This is an astute observation, and it echoes Trump’s comments in his “Meet the Press” interview, where he said he would “bring peace on that issue” for the first time in decades. And, looking at Trump’s history of brokering stunning peace deals across the world during his presidency, there can be no doubt that he has the skill and the experience to negotiate a federal abortion ban that would save the lives of millions of babies.
The alternative to electing a great negotiator like Trump, who has expertly captured the majority support of the populist electorate in the country, is to allow Democrats to sway Independent voters (who currently favor Trump) and to hand a victory to Joe Biden. If this happens, the United States as we know it will fall deeper into tyranny, and Americans everywhere can kiss the possibility of continuing to work toward saving unborn babies goodbye.
In America today, the abortion issue must be won battle by battle, not war by war. Conservatives would do well to heed Trump’s strategy here to save the country from total ideological and political obliteration at the hands of an ever-encroaching federal machine.
Garbage. While Trump did a lot of good while president, his recent pro abort comments can’t be unsaid.
What are your thoughts on Ronald Reagan’s abortion record?
It is who he always was. Groomers, homos, corruptocrats like Hillary.
You are a member of The Rabid TDS Cult.
Being “prolife” is like being pregnant, either you are or yiu zin’t. Compromising on the murder of beating heart babies of women who are a little bit pregnant is NOT prolife.
He’s attempting to keep bible thumping one issue morons from screwing up this election like Graham did in 22.
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Could your hatred for anti-abortion conservatives be any more clearer?
“bible thumping one issue morons”
You Angry Trumpers are insane.
In recent history, anyway. We cannot know the pro-life positions of 18th and 19th century presidents, or even first half of 20th century. When did abortion become widely available? I will research that and post an answer later.
I suspect he’s hoping to avoid Kansas 2022 redux. The rhetoric is nonetheless disheartening, but it’s non-binding rhetoric.
I'm all for it.
We are all against abortion. The issue is how do we deal with this in our politics?
No, we’re pragmatic and will take what we can get in the culture wars.
We’re not rabid fanatics that will immolate themselves to prove a point!
We hate abortion. It’s really that simple. What is insane is insisting on getting every last crumb of the cake or you’ll burn the house down if you don’t get what you want. That attitude describes a liberal mindset, IMO.
Reagan was the greatest gift ever given to abortion rights. He was the governor of California that legalized abortion in 1967. This was the catalyst for other states and was used in pushing through Roe vs. Wade.
He talked the talk but he sure didn’t walk the walk, but 2 out of 3 of his SCOTUS appointments held up Roe vs. Wade decades after he appointed them.
compare to GW MORON who gave us traitor Roberts and wanted his personal crony Harriet Miers until the last remaining segment of his support threatened to rebel unless he withdrew her and appointed a real conservative like Alito.
Looks like the answer to question posed is basically this:
Abortion was practised in 18th and 19th centuries, with fairly wide social tolerance, and scattered opposition. The largest political opposition to it (in USA) was at the state level, around 1900. A wikipedia article on the subject never cites one instance of a federal politician taking any stand on abortion (before surgical procedures, “quickening” of the pregnancy resulting in a stillbirth was the widely used type of abortion; surgical abortions were quite frequently applied by early 20th century. The great debate about abortion began in the 1960s.
Take your anti Reagan blinders off. Yeah he screwed the pooch while governor. A move he later regretted.
It must be noted however that Trump also was pro-abortion before he became a populist candidate for president.
The thing is - Regan never reverted back to a pro-abort like Trump now has done.
So talk (bleep) all you want about Reagan. Just know how hypocritical you are as you ignore how Trump was and now is against pro-life.
You are showing your ass. You know nothing about Myers.
The reason why Bush withdrew her name was because of her strict anti-abortion views. The Senate would never approve such a strong conservative like her.
Unfortunately.
You obviously aren’t old enough to remember, or you’re a neoCON Bush lover....
Ann Coulter and others were going on national tv blasting this pick for not being conservative and demanding G W MORON withdraw the nomination and appoint a real conservative.... MORON and his deep state psycho VP Cheney were playing coy and that MIC scumbag Cheney called into Rush’s show saying “we can’t tell you anything about where she stands on the issues.... but just trust us!”
Miers was another Souter or at best traitor roberts! But GW MORON only cared that she was loyal to the Bush family!
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