The next few years will be very interesting as the recent overturning of Roe v Wade is digested by the states. The reality is that neither political party’s extreme positions are popular with the American people. The left’s current fanatical position of abortion on demand includes aborting a child up to the moment of birth. Former governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, even talked about abortion AFTER birth. Believe me, America is not there. A recent Rasmussen poll showed that only 13% of Americans support abortion up to the point of birth, which is the true position of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat Party. THAT is why, despite all of Nancy’s blustering, the Dems would not codify their position on abortion even if they kept the House in 2022. It is too radical and extremely unpopular.
On the other side of the equation, a Marist poll done in 2021 showed that only 12% of American’s believed that abortion should not be legal under any circumstances. That number only goes up to 28% when you include abortions performed as a result of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother. These numbers are even too low to pass laws totally eliminating the possibility of an abortion in the most conservative of states.
Bill Clinton probably had the best political position on abortion. He suggested that abortion should be, “legal, safe and rare”. That, I believe is where America is. States like New York, Colorado and Oregon might be able to maintain their current abortion on demand laws, and California might join them. We’ll see. Actually, the Mississippi law just upheld by the Supreme Court which allows abortion up to 15 weeks of conception would be a good compromise. We will see, but if you want to understand what that compromise might be and why, just click on the attached link to watch a video that I put together almost ten years ago on that subject. It’s amazing how things really don’t change.
Good article and video, but you might want to check Mississippi's status: https://www.wapt.com/article/mississippi-ag-certifies-states-trigger-law-in-response-to-abortion-ruling/40432031#
ReplyDeleteLaws totally eliminating abortion except for life of the mother at risk have already passed in multiple red states, and are now going into effect. Including in our own. https://www.thv11.com/article/news/health/how-trigger-law-impacts-women-arkansas/91-3a201506-b8b6-4182-b274-1db96458c336