Roe v Wade is DOA. Some brief thoughts, some of which you won't like, so count to 10 before flaming me, please.
https://twitter.com/o_ema/status/1394327165043453957
It's tempting, but a terrible mistake, to say "men should sit down and shut up" on this issue. At least 40% of US women are "pro-life" news.gallup.com/poll/244709/pr…
Combatting the pro-life movement therefore requires a coalition of liberal men and women. Telling a significant part of a coalition that their opinions don't matter is a mistake.
The abortion issue is also deeply enmeshed in a host of broader-than-the-pregnant woman issues including education, family planning, economic justice and the overall birth rate. Progress requires a liberal coalition.
In being divided, we have done a terrible job on politics for the past 60 years. Roe v Wade is the most libertarian decision in the history of SCOTUS - but we have not used it to reach libertarian minded voters.
Dem policies also do much more to lower abortion rates than R ones - since education and contraception lower unwanted pregnancies - do we shout that to the hills? Rarely.
Bottom Line: Us libs are all in this together and we have to consistently act like it.
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