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Dulcinea

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Mon Sep 23, 2024, 12:40 PM Sep 23

Euphoric two years ago, US anti-abortion movement is now divided and worried as election nears

(AP) Just two years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, thus ending the nationwide right to abortion.

Now, with a presidential election fast approaching, their movement is disunited and worried. Within their own ranks, there is second-guessing and finger-pointing, plus trepidation that Election Day might provide new proof that their cause is broadly unpopular.

Michael New, an abortion opponent who teaches social research at The Catholic University of America, offered an overview of how the movement had fared since the Roe ruling in June 2022.

“Things have not necessarily unfolded as we would hope,” he wrote in an email to The Associated Press. “There is certainly a sense among pro-life leaders that we should have had a stronger post-Roe game plan in place.”

https://apnews.com/article/anti-abortion-election-2024-roe-v-wade-62364f84be8c1a9fd112b1f3fa0870ae

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Euphoric two years ago, US anti-abortion movement is now divided and worried as election nears (Original Post) Dulcinea Sep 23 OP
The issue isn't bad marketing...it's bad product. CincyDem Sep 23 #1
"Election Day might provide new proof that their cause is broadly unpopular." Dulcinea Sep 23 #2

CincyDem

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1. The issue isn't bad marketing...it's bad product.
Mon Sep 23, 2024, 12:44 PM
Sep 23

Their “product” is authoritian control of woman’s health, reproductive planning and family planning. You can wrap it in any marketing you want, at some point the product attributes are obvious.

A shit sandwich doesn’t taste better because it was positioned as an all natural, bio-processed source of fiber. Their product is at best, a shit sammie.

Dulcinea

(7,482 posts)
2. "Election Day might provide new proof that their cause is broadly unpopular."
Mon Sep 23, 2024, 12:48 PM
Sep 23

What does it tell you when Kansas & Kentucky, hardly liberal bastions, vote for safe & legal abortion? Abortion went back to the states. State after state has upheld the right to choose when abortion has been on the ballot. Yes, your cause sucks.

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