[lbo-talk] What's the Matter With Kansas This Week

J. Tyler jptyler at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 12 09:40:05 PST 2005


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Chuck0 wrote:
>
> >As I told Michael offlist, the Republicans understand that
> >overturning Roe v. Wade would be political suicide. More than a few
> >analysts have pointed out that the Republicans can't risk alienating
> >women voters who they've been courting for many years.
>
> I'll point out again that men are actually somewhat more supportive
> of abortion rights than women. It's not a "women's" issue.

Yes, but abortion is a religious right issue. Overturning Roe drains the Republican party of the fire in its base. It would be political suicide, which isn't to say they wouldn't be dumb enough to do it anyway.



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