Posted on May 6, 2022
With the Supreme Court poised to act, Americans remain bitterly divided on abortion
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When he was running for president in 1999, George W. Bush, then governor of Texas, famously fended off the strong anti-abortion wing of his party by suggesting the country ought not consider banning abortion until public opinion shifted further in that direction. "Laws are changed as minds are persuaded," he said.
Bush was no moderate on the abortion issue. As president he signed several pieces of anti-abortion legislation, including the first federal ban on a specific abortion procedure, and used his authority to severely limit federally funded research on embryonic stem cells.
But he was clear in urging anti-abortion allies to concentrate on persuading more Americans to take their side before pushing for broader restrictions. "I know as you return to your communities you will redouble your efforts to change hearts and minds, one person at a time," he told anti-abortion demonstrators at the annual March for Life rally in 2004. "This is the way we will build a lasting culture of life, a compassionate society in which every child is born into a loving family and protected by law."
When he was running for president in 1999, George W. Bush, then governor of Texas, famously fended off the strong anti-abortion wing of his party by suggesting the country ought not consider banning abortion until public opinion shifted further in that direction. "Laws are changed as minds are persuaded," he said.
Bush was no moderate on the abortion issue. As president he signed several pieces of anti-abortion legislation, including the first federal ban on a specific abortion procedure, and used his authority to severely limit federally funded research on embryonic stem cells.
But he was clear in urging anti-abortion allies to concentrate on persuading more Americans to take their side before pushing for broader restrictions. "I know as you return to your communities you will redouble your efforts to change hearts and minds, one person at a time," he told anti-abortion demonstrators at the annual March for Life rally in 2004. "This is the way we will build a lasting culture of life, a compassionate society in which every child is born into a loving family and protected by law."
With the Supreme Court poised to act, Americans remain bitterly divided on abortion
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PO1 Jeff Chandler - Why, goolly,, I'd never thought of such a thing,,, thanke,thanke, thanke,,,
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A1C Michael Allen - Yes, but also they wrote our Constitution in a manner it can me modified. Keep in mind our founders wrote that only land-owning white MEN could vote.
We've come a long way, baby! (and I don't want to see us go back)
We've come a long way, baby! (and I don't want to see us go back)
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70%-30% is not what i would call bitterly divided. Conservatives love to use the majority argument when it favors their particular view(s).
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Bitterly divided? 2 to 1 support Roe v Wade. The minority opinion need to suck it up. That's the problem with our electoral politics where the minority feel they can dictate policy to the majority or plurality.
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