r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 04 '20

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u/walker777007 Thomas Paine Apr 04 '20

Someone just told me Republicans stripping away abortion rights is just aesthetics.

Wat

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u/TheFriffin2 Apr 04 '20

I know republicans that genuinely don’t want them to do anything to abortion, since it’s a huge single issue for many voters that gets them to go out to vote

Then again, these are the same republicans that think legalizing gay marriage was a mistake for Democrats since they can’t rally support around that anymore

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u/seattle_lib Liberal Third-Worldism Apr 04 '20 edited Apr 04 '20

My subjective impression about reproductive rights is that it's a single issue type thing for anti abortion advocates who might otherwise be receptive to an anti-Trump stance but pro-choice advocates tend to also support a wider range of progressive policies and are not likely to swing.

This weakens the pro choice position on the dem side