The recent vote in Ohio is just one of a string of cases where voters show they mostly support abortion access to some extent (1). Polls show the same. (2) So why do Republicans (specifically Republican politicians, not necessarily Republican voters) keep trying to do something unpopular?

My (perhaps cynical) view of Republican politicians is that they’re the “do anything to win” party. They would take any stance and pull any trick if it would give them a better chance of winning. So why are they so stuck on a losing issue?

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/08/ohio-takeaways-voters-abortion-00110411?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230809&instance_id=99621&nl=the-morning®i_id=78332928&segment_id=141508&te=1&user_id=2c229a9eb418d267c58bd9e6c665e49d

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/us/roe-v-wade-abortion-views.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare T

  • That_One_Demon@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would argue it goes even one step further. Unwanted children are put into a system that is underfunded (because of republicans) or raised by families that don’t have the funds, ability, or desire to give them a good upbringing. This leads to them largely being poor and uneducated. This creates more adults that republicans want. Poor, ignorant, and in jail, or poor, ignorant, and voting republican.

    Not to say that every unwanted baby ends up this way. My mother was adopted and now at 50 has an amazing relationship with both the parents that raised her and the mother that gave birth to her. But the system as a whole is designed for these children to fail.