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And in this case, tyranny of the majority isn't even saying "you need to get an abortion." If your religion says that abortion is wrong and thus you refuse to have any, great. Go for it. That's your choice. However, what the majority is saying is that the minority can't impose their religious beliefs on everyone else.

I'm in the minority due to being Jewish and not Christian. I'm also somewhat religious to the extant that (among other things), I don't eat bacon. However, while I won't be indulging in bacon, I would never dream about telling other people that they couldn't eat bacon due to my religious beliefs.

I'm even fine if people eat bacon in front of me. I don't have any control over what they do with their bodies. I'd be upset if someone intentionally gave me food containing bacon in an attempt to get me to eat bacon. But that goes back to control over my own body, not other people's bodies.

(And, I know that "not eating bacon" isn't anywhere close in scale to abortion. I just find it a handy analogy to use.)

This is what Republicans don't understand. The more tightly they try to squeeze, the more the future will be exactly what they don't want. Pushing an unpopular position this hard will only make people consider even more extreme versions of the opposing opinion.

I mean, it's a very good point -- why should the government have any say? It's antithetical to what libertarians and small government proponents say.

Huh.

If only there was supreme court legislation that fit what the majority of Americans have always wanted.

Well, yeah, it's almost like the government shouldn't get to control your body.

How are abortion rights tyranny against anybody?

Personally I don't think the vast majority of states deserve senatorial representation, much less the right to spend a significant portion of their budgets on exquisite buildings full of overpaid suits deciding asinine shit like "The state fruit of Missouri is the blueberry"

sadly (and frighteningly), a growing number of state legislatures don't give a fuck what voters want.

Too bad they won't let US vote on it.

Cue Robin Williams Jumanji image macro with, "WHAT YEAR IS IT" text.

I think the growing change in opinion is likely based on and more stories and information about late stage abortions out there. I knew I didn't think about them as much before Roe. However, it's pretty obvious that the viability compromise is the real middle position with more people favoring no restrictions each day