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More Americans are now dissatisfied with the nation’s abortion policy than at any time in the poll’s history. Rates of dissatisfaction are up sharply from last year
69% of Americans are dissatisfied with the current policy, while only 26% are satisfied.
46% are dissatisfied and want less strict abortion laws.
15% are dissatisfied and want stricter abortion laws.
Among men, 29% are satisfied.
41% of men want more lenient laws on abortion while only 16% want stricter laws.
Among women, 23% are satisfied
50% of women want more lenient laws while just 15% want stricter laws.
With the Dobbs decision America’s abortion policy may be settled for the foreseeable future, but it remains unpopular with a plurality, if not an outright majority of the American people, and it isn’t going away as a political issue anytime soon. Rates of dissatisfaction with the law and wanting more leniency is even up among Catholics and Protestants. It’s not just the unchurched who are upset.
Women in particular aren’t going to forget the overturning of what had been considered a right of women for nearly half a century, so this will continue to reap political consequences for a very long time. It’s not going away.
Libs are scared out of their minds that w/o a federally mandated abortion policy, they'll no longer have that ammo to fire at any Republican running for national office....and they are right...abortion is now off the agenda for those seeking national office.
Taking abortion out of the national debate is a HUGE advantage for Pubs. Many voters were/are 1 issue voters, particularly black women, & eventually they'll all resolve themselves to the fact that its now a state issue.
It will take some time to play out, but this was a huge win for Pubs. If you eliminate abortion as an issue, many more voters will vote Pub....imho.
Over-the-top abortion laws are a gift to Dems. Dems can govern like shiite, which they often do, and still win because the GOP is so out of touch with the mainstream voter on this issue.
Libs are scared out of their minds that w/o a federally mandated abortion policy, they'll no longer have that ammo to fire at any Republican running for national office....and they are right...abortion is now off the agenda for those seeking national office.
Taking abortion out of the national debate is a HUGE advantage for Pubs. Many voters were/are 1 issue voters, particularly black women, & eventually they'll all resolve themselves to the fact that its now a state issue.
It will take some time to play out, but this was a huge win for Pubs. If you eliminate abortion as an issue, many more voters will vote Pub....imho.
You have it 100% backwards.
By eliminating a federally mandated abortion policy, the GOP has made abortion a federal issue. It is now even more of an issue for those seeking national office than it was when abortion was protected by Roe.
At some point, there will be a Republican president when the party also has a majority in both houses of Congress, maybe even one that is filibuster proof in the Senate.
When this happens are they really going to pass up the opportunity to enact any national legislation on abortion? Won't they want to show the "woke libs" that elections have consequences, and override blue state policies that may allow abortion virtually without restrictions? And never mind polls that suggest making abortion more restrictive is unpopular - after all in this scenario the country gave the Republicans a mandate to pass whatever they want.
Of course at the present time it's easy to say this is a state issue because power is divided at the federal level, but that may not be true as soon as January 2025.
By eliminating a federally mandated abortion policy, the GOP has made abortion a federal issue. It is now even more of an issue for those seeking national office than it was when abortion was protected by Roe.
Completely illogical.
By removing the federal government from the issue, it is, therefore, logically speaking, no longer a federal issue. Just because some people feel that it is or should be a federal issue does not mean that it is one. Feelings are not facts!
By removing the federal government from the issue, it is, therefore, logically speaking, no longer a federal issue. Just because some people feel that it is or should be a federal issue does not mean that it is one. Feelings are not facts!
You presume that most people do not want it to be a federal issue. The poll in the OP would indicate otherwise. You feel it should be a state issue. Others feel it should be a federal issue. That you think you hold some sort of more "logical" stance on the issue is just a pretense. There is no "logic" on this issue either way.
You presume that most people do not want it to be a federal issue. The poll in the OP would indicate otherwise. You feel it should be a state issue. Others feel it should be a federal issue. That you think you hold some sort of more "logical" stance on the issue is just a pretense. There is no "logic" on this issue either way.
Roe v. Wade held that a woman had a fundamental right to an abortion. That right existed for 49 years. Generations of women were told that. Then the Dobbs ruling reversed all of that overnight. A Republican senatorial candidate after Dobbs said that “abortion was an issue to be decided by the woman, her doctor and her legislators”. That’s a really hard sell to female voters.
To think that pro-choice women wouldn’t consider Dobbs as a slap in the face is ludicrous.
Where it will likely have a political effect is in America’s affluent suburbs which are packed with female college grads and already turning Blue and among younger voters. Dobbs potentially is a political gift to the Democrats for a very long time.
...our nation does not have an abortion policy. Each individual state does.
The nation had an abortion policy.
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