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baboon's avatar

Hang on, didn't we not know what "women" even were a month ago?

I can't keep up.

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Lillia Gajewski's avatar

What he doesn't understand is women are just as conflicted on abortion as men are. I read some stats today. Only 10% of people believe that abortion should be allowed up to 40 weeks. Only 8% believe it should be banned entirely. The majority are for abortion up to the 15 week mark. Which means that most people have a nuanced opinion that falls in line with neither an absolute right to abortion nor an absolute prohibition on abortion.

Abortion hasn't "moved the needle" on the midterms because these people think their extreme is more palatable than the right's extreme. Given a choice, I'll vote for the side that didn't take a flamethrower to the economy and figure out the rest later, despite my personal beliefs. Honestly, I think there will be a range of laws varying by state (agree or not), and if you really want an abortion, even later in the pregnancy (regardless of the fact that we have plenty of ways to avoid pregnancy and the morning after pill is nearly ubiquitous along with early term chemical abortions), you'll be able to get it, so we have bigger things to worry about.

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