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Republicans are quietly deleting mentions of abortion from their sites. We asked why
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2024
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It's definitely an important issue, and one Republicans have been distracting their base with for decades. But it's far from the only one.
If Democrats only have this one issue to hang their hat on... what incentive do they have to fix it? Then they're in the same boat a lot of Republicans are in now, they got what they wanted and have nothing else to rile their base with.
No one's saying it shouldn't be at the forefront... but it also shouldn't be the only thing. Bodily autonomy is great... but doesn't really matter as much when you can't afford to eat or house yourself.
It matters a lot if you're not in a situation to raise a child. It matters a lot if you're forced to carry a child to term that is already dead or will die at birth. It matters a lot if you were raped and got pregnant.
Body autonomy is an economic issue. It should have been codified into law, but decades of legal precedent seemed sufficient until the Supreme Court was packed with zealots.
The vast majority of the country supports this, if a politician doesn't they should be raked over the coals for it.
The point about dems being in the same boat Republicans were is fucking spot on though. They had how long to codify it into federal law? Especially since we've known for decades that the Republicans were pushing to kill roe. Now that it's gone, we've seen a massive surge in dem voting, especially among women. If they fix it right away, they risk losing those numbers.
At no point did I say it wasn't ever important. I even said that it should be at the forefront.
What I did say is only focusing on it is myopic and naive. Trying to create some narrative where if you don't say it's the only thing you ever care about they're you're wholeheartedly against it is incredibly dangerous. It will backfire on you just like it backfires on the republicans.
You said "body autonomy us great...but it doesn't matter of you can't afford to feed yourself"
I pointed out that body autonomy is in fact an economic issue.