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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 10:45 PM Apr 2013

When will the pro-choice backlash finally happen ?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014443266

The thread above sparked this poll. The Republicans disgust me on this issue, such blatant hypocrisy.
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Never
0 (0%)
Within 2 years
0 (0%)
Within 5 years
0 (0%)
Within 10 years
0 (0%)
IF Roe v. Wade is overturned
2 (67%)
Other (see my post)
1 (33%)
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When will the pro-choice backlash finally happen ? (Original Post) steve2470 Apr 2013 OP
I think only when middle class and upper class women who favor abortion dsc Apr 2013 #1
I think there is truth in what you say steve2470 Apr 2013 #2

dsc

(52,130 posts)
1. I think only when middle class and upper class women who favor abortion
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 12:47 AM
Apr 2013

have significant enough barriers to abortion forced on them to cause the backlash. I think it in many ways parallels which gay issues get highlighted and which don't. Bullying and ENDA which affect children and people who don't live in the media capitals of the world get precious little press and attention from big gay while marriage the one place even New Yorkers need the feds to have real progress gets a ton of press and attention. I think if women who lived in DC and New York who were realitively well off had routine barriers to abortion put in front of them, the backlash would be immediate. As it is right now, middle class and wealthier women can get abortions pretty much no matter where they are from, it might be a PITA for them but it can be done.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
2. I think there is truth in what you say
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 08:32 AM
Apr 2013

Case in point: In North Dakota and Mississippi (I think), it is very difficult to get an abortion. My understanding is a woman in ND has to drive hours to Minneapolis or Montana to obtain one. That's insane and wrong.

Unfortunately, I think it will require Roe being overturned by this court or a more RW one before the true backlash happens in Congress and state legislatures. I hope I'm wrong.

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