Posted on 08/23/2024 10:22:32 AM PDT by Kevin C
Former President Donald Trump played a much different tone than previously on the topic of abortion and women’s rights, saying his administration would be “great for women and their reproductive rights.”
After delivering on his promise to anti-abortion groups to pick justices on the Supreme Court who would get Roe v. Wade overturned, the former president has sought to establish a middle ground on the topic of abortion. Following a series of devastating Republican electoral defeats that were largely over abortion rights, he has sought to distance himself from the topic altogether, culminating in him adopting vastly different rhetoric on the subject than Republicans have entertained previously.
“My Administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights,” he said in a post on Truth Social.
The use of the term “reproductive rights” is rare from Republicans and signifies a major shift from previous periods.
Trump has defended his move to repeal Roe v. Wade, repeatedly arguing that it was what “everyone” wanted and that the topic is now properly back with the states.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land,” Trump said in April. “In this case, the law of the state.”
“Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others, and that’s what they will be,” the former president added.
Trump has scoffed at suggestions he would implement a national abortion ban if elected, claims that were repeated in several speeches at the Democratic National Convention.
The recent Trump-backed Republican platform confirmed at the 2024 Republican National Convention struck out language of any abortion bans in a major departure from the past.
I have lovely children and grandchildren whose lives I treasure. I’m thankful for the love of life, wisdom and child-raising abilities of their mothers.
I frown upon abortion, but as President I would have no power to put an end to it. In my previous term, I was able to do all I could, which ended the nonsense that the US Constitution could give one person a right to snuff out the life of another person on a whim.
Perhaps as Catholic Hispanics continue to enter the US, they will gain enough political power to bring change. We can only hope at this time.
I don't think any poll has shown that abortion is actually high on the list for voters. The media always says this, but the data doesn't back it up. Actually, the data shows Republicans are more likely to be hurt by not being pro-life.
Even though the media doesn't like to say it, Republicans basically agree with Democrats on social issues now.
Why not agree with Dems on all positions? Or just be 1% to the right? After all, the media tells us that Republicans are so extreme and all these issues hurt Republicans in elections.
Over the last 30 years, Democrats have moved to the left, and Republicans have moved to the left just as much, but they are still, "more extreme than ever."
Make American Families Great Again!
definitely — and point out how the Rats want & demand dead babies
Paving your way to the White House over the dead bodies of innocent children is not the way to go.
Leviticus 24:17
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/08/17/ny-times-abortion-clinics-everywhere-are-going-broke-n3793296
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“my body”
Strange that you say that. This tissue has about 50% of another person’s DNA.
I think Trump will be supportive of pro life in these states but will not seek a federal ban on abortion because it is politically undoable
I am dismayed and a bit mystified at how so many Americans have become so zealously pro abortion but that is the reality of the situation
Hopefully that can be remedied at the state level in good time but given the mood in the country we need Trump in office to block a Democrat bill that universally legalizes abortion up to and perhaps even after birth - which is the current Democrat goal
We will be lucky to block the Democrats unlimited , unrestricted abortion proposal ( probably including federal funding of no cost abortions in the name of reproductive health) -there is simply no way to push through a federal ban on abortion in the current political environment
Wisdom comes with age
“As a senator in 2017-20, Harris repeatedly fought President Trump’s secure border efforts.”
“new hard-left Democratic party...ideology....anyone should be allowed to travel and reside in any country he pleases, while deserving state support to accomplish such migrations [and to lavishly mooch off long-term residents for years afterward].”
“Harris knows that, of all the unpopular Biden-Harris initiatives, the wide-open border and accompanying unchecked influxes of unvetted illegal aliens have proved the most unpopular....But for the next 80 days, Harris will lie, in utterly cynical fashion”
https://victorhanson.com/the-myriad-projections-of-the-2024-campaign/
Sixty years ago a sexual revolution swept America, the result of Baby Boomers reaching puberty at the same time. By the late Sixties, American sexual behavior was similar to France or Sweden. It was called the New Morality, but it swiftly became the Mainstream Morality.
Now think of that number: 60. Two generations of Americans accepted the New Morality in which they were free to grant their sexual favors when and to whom they pleased. The Disco era in the Seventies saw young people dancing at clubs, taking someone home and spending the night in sexual bliss – all without strings attached. Sexual freedom, once attained, is a hard thing to give up.
The battle over abortion actually began in the Fifties among married women who were having six or seven children when they only wanted two or three. By the late Sixties, the battle to legalize abortion met up with the New Morality in the states, where legislatures, fearing the power of the churches, handed the issue to the people via referendum. The voters spoke, and abortion restrictions fell in state after state via the initiative and referendum mechanisms.
The battle royale was New York state where it had to be fought in the legislature. New York doesn't use the initiative and only uses the referendum for bond issues. This was a knock-down, drag-out brawl that played out at family dinner tables. The legislature loosened restrictions, and Gov. Rockefeller signed them into law. Abortion opponents threatened consequences at the next election but only showed how toothless they were when nothing happened.
Had the Supreme Court stayed out of it by refusing to accept Roe v. Wade and punted it back to the Texas courts, it would have initiated a great national debate over abortion similar to the one over civil rights in the Sixties, a genuine knock-down, drag-out brawl. The final result would have been a National Reproductive Rights Act that legalized abortion in some or most cases, but at least it would have come from elected lawmakers responsible to the voters and not men in black robes.
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court legislated a national right to abortion on demand and without apology by judicial fiat. Now think of that number: 50. Two generations of Americans came to believe they had a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy at any time and for any reason. Men and women were glad to have abortion as a backstop for sexual freedom.
Most opposed to abortion fail to understand that abortion itself has become part of the very fabric of American life. For the average American female, there are three rites of passage:
Shocked? Horrified? People conversant with the morality of the 1950s would regard this sexual anarchy as a form of societal madness. But it has become part of the fabric of life. Marriage itself has changed as an institution. The stigma of divorce has vanished insofar as half of all marriages end that way. Multiple marriages during a lifetime are a normal fact of life.
Most arguments against abortion are based on strong religious belief. Catholics used to be the largest faith in America, but now Unbelief has replaced them as Number One. Unbelief is also the fastest growing "religion" in America. God the Hairy Thunderer has been replaced by God the Cosmic Muffin. It’s hard to make a religious argument when so many have put religion aside for a secular or so-called “spiritual” approach. Threats of retribution in an afterlife don’t work when so many reject that premise.
To really end abortion, you need to convince people to end sexual freedom, erase the 1960s and return to an earlier, traditional frame of morality. That’s a hard sell. Once the sexual freedom cat is out of the bag, as a rule it doesn't want to go back in.
When we convert to Islam.
Far-fetched? Not really.
Just take a look at the UK.
“I am dismayed and a bit mystified at how so many Americans have become so zealously pro abortion but that is the reality of the situation”
“Nearly one in four people in the U.S. with the capacity to become pregnant will have an abortion at some point in their life.”
https://abortiondefensenetwork.org/
Miss Feckless doesn’t always take her birth control bills on time.
Combined oral contraceptives—Also called “the pill,” combined oral contraceptives contain the hormones estrogen and progestin. It is prescribed by a doctor. A pill is taken at the same time each day. If you are older than 35 years and smoke, have a history of blood clots or breast cancer, your doctor may advise you not to take the pill. Typical use failure rate: 7%.
Progestin only pill—Unlike the combined pill, the progestin-only pill (sometimes called the mini-pill) only has one hormone, progestin, instead of both estrogen and progestin. It is prescribed by a doctor. It is taken at the same time each day. It may be a good option for women who can’t take estrogen. Typical use failure rate: 7%.
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductive-health/contraception/
“”””””Perhaps as Catholic Hispanics continue to enter the US, they will gain enough political power to bring change. We can only hope at this time.””””””
They have and they did, they vote hard left and pro-abortion, do you know anything about politics and how groups vote?
Why do you think the democrats changed the law to flood us with Hispanics and Catholics, and haven’t you noticed how effective it has been over the last 55 years?
Now that both parties are for abortion, it won’t be so hard for them to get a federal abortion law.
“First abortion between the ages of 14 and 21.”
Implant—The implant is a single, thin rod that is inserted under the skin of a women’s upper arm. The rod contains a progestin that is released into the body over 3 years. Typical use failure rate: 0.1%.
Levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG IUD)—The LNG IUD is a small T-shaped device like the Copper T IUD. It is placed inside the uterus by a doctor. It releases a small amount of progestin each day to keep you from getting pregnant. The LNG IUD stays in your uterus for up to 3 to 8 years, depending on the device. Typical use failure rate: 0.1-0.4%.
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductive-health/contraception/
“Failure of the first marriage between the ages of 21 and 30”
Perhaps better education about relationship skills, income possibilities, and financial responsibility would help.
It will be great.
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