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[–] thetaT@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

being anti-abortion used to also be pretty unpopular. but when conservative leadership needs something new to demonize, the conservative public are quick to turn...

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ian’t a complete blanket ban of abortion still unpopular? Didn’t the republicans lose several elections because of it?

[–] HexBroke@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

It's unpopular now, but historically party stances were somewhat reversed, e.g.

In 1972, a Gallop poll showed that Americans were united in their opinion about abortion: 68% of Republicans and 59% of Democrats agreed that “the decision to have an abortion should be made solely by a woman and her physician.”