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This will be the abortion election, and Republicans are bracing for voter retribution (azmirror.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave to c/politics

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It didn’t take long for the panic to set in among Republicans after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday morning to ban virtually every abortion in the Grand Canyon State.

Suddenly, some of those who proudly declared their anti-abortion bonafides when it was purely theoretical were staring down a reality that wasn’t so clear cut — and is politically disastrous.

Within an hour, one of the top Republicans in the state Senate was publicly saying the court got it wrong and lawmakers needed to work quickly to repeal the Civil War-era ban that the justices said is now the law of the land.

Minutes later, another GOP lawmaker — this one in a hotly contested swing district — declared that the decision “cannot stand” and that legislators “should be looking for ways to empower these women – not take them back in time.”

Then there was the Republican legislator whose husband is a Supreme Court justice who voted to uphold the 1864 abortion ban. Less than three hours after the ruling, this pro-life lawmaker who cheered on the U.S. Supreme Court stripping abortion rights away from American women after nearly 50 years (and urged the court to do so) said that Arizona should swiftly repeal the territorial ban and allow abortion up to 15 weeks.

Suddenly, these supposedly anti-abortion Republicans see value in “modernizing” Arizona’s abortion laws. What they really mean is that they clearly see just how politically disastrous the state Supreme Court’s ruling is.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

We can see that Roe v. Wade isn't the finish line for the anti-abortion Republicans. The complete federal ban on abortion with no exceptions whatsoever (maybe except for themselves or their friends) is the true goal.

People sporting a uterus: Vote like your lives depend on it!

Everyone else: Vote like your wife, daughters, sisters and mothers' lives depend on it!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

America is not interested in having christians shove their Iron Age lifestyle down our throats. I suspect a blue FLOOD will consume this election.

[–] MotoAsh 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ya'll hopeful goons are going to find out just how despicable conservatives are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

We know how despicable the conservatives are, there is a ton of video footage of them failing to take over the White House on 1/6.

[–] dyathinkhesaurus 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Be careful what you wish for...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The dogs that finally caught the car.

[–] MotoAsh 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't call it too soon. The car has yet to run them over just like the insanely slow meat grinder of "justice" has yet to even draw blood on Trump...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You make a depressingly good point. Some of them got run down in 22, but not enough.

[–] grue 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't mean to belittle abortion, but it's fucking insane that this is also the "future of democracy in America itself" election and yet that somehow apparently isn't the thing that people care about. What the actual fuck?!

[–] kromem 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah, for me the whole "supreme court Justice bribed by billionaire with room decided to Nazi memorabilia including signed Mein Kampf" or "ex-President who tried to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power with the help of white nationalist groups and is now quoting Hitler" or "congresspeople regurgitating Russian propaganda and trying to impeach the sitting president with info directly from a Russian intelligence asset while Russia is kicking off WW3" are all kind of motivating.

But the truth is that a lot of people just don't know. They aren't tuning in, they assume that partisan media is just constantly chicken little claiming the sky is falling, etc.

Some of it sounds so outlandish you'd think it's just Goodwin's law or hyperbole until you actually double check and realize, "oh, no, they really are literally spouting Nazi talking points."

[–] PigsInClover 3 points 7 months ago

To me it seems like abortion happens to be the canary in the coal mine for a lot of people, and the loss of democracy is carbon monoxide.

[–] snekerpimp 3 points 7 months ago

Do a little sidestep

[–] mydude 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The first thing I'll do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrOrwmk78Y

Im pro choice https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzdkAbu8dY

Not my highest priority https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RxiDZejZFjg

parody... No https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1z4uhxpOnN0