Prolife politicians will not change abortion laws

[Phlegmak]

I don't know if prolife voters have realized this, but prolife politicians aren't going to change the law to make abortion illegal. They're just not going to. Also, since a prolife stance guarantees the votes of some people, as long as legal abortion exists, prolife politicians have absolutely no incentive to get the law changed.

You voters who vote for politicians based on whether they're prolife or not have realized this, right?

 

[Abaddon]

Once in power:

"Vote for me again or Abortions may return to being legal"


Thread over...

 

[JollyRoger]

Once in power:

"Vote for me again or Abortions may return to being legal"


Thread over...

Of course, they would have to actually make them illegal first . . .

 

[History_Buff]

Once in power:

"Vote for me again or Abortions may return to being legal"


Thread over...

I believe his point is that it's just another race to the middle. Pro-lifers just have to say 'OH NO ABORTION!' and other pro-lifers will vote for them. But by doing nothing, he avoids pissing off the Pro-choicers, but the pro-lifers hate the thought of Abortion enough that they wouldn't dare vote for the other guy.

Your political system is messed up.

 

[Miles Teg]

I want to be on the record as A pro-lifer who votes based on overall merit, and not just abortion issues.

 

[Romanfe]

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.

 

[MobBoss]

I don't know if prolife voters have realized this, but prolife politicians aren't going to change the law to make abortion illegal. They're just not going to. Also, since a prolife stance guarantees the votes of some people, as long as legal abortion exists, prolife politicians have absolutely no incentive to get the law changed.

You voters who vote for politicians based on whether they're prolife or not have realized this, right?

Abortion wouldnt be made illegal on a fed level. Removing Roe v Wade would simply make the feds silent on the issue and pass it once again back to the states.

 

[holy king]

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.

Hooorraaay!!!

 

[I'm Cleo!]

It isn't true as a matter of law that if Roe v. Wade were overturned abortion would become a state issue, though I think it's true as a matter of politics. Roe v. Wade is not a federalism case, it's a fundamental rights case. If Roe v. Wade were overturned, the federal government could outlaw all abortions the very next day. And from 2000 to 2006, there was a Republican Congress and a Republican President -- certainly a lot of people would have expected them to do just that.

But it's politically impossible for two reasons: (i) it would be an end to the most polarizing issue in the culture war, and it would be much more difficult to mobilize the religious right after having won that battle (the OP's point, basically), and (ii) it would turn the abortion issue around and galvanize the pro-choice movement even further.

Cleo

 

[Cutlass]

The pro life politicians are hypocrites that pander for votes. Few of them likely care about the issue.

 

[Dubai Vol]

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.

Kodos? Kang?

Personally I advocate the right of either parent to unilaterally terminate a child up to 225 months. Seriously. Maybe then some of you litle jerks would behave.

 

[JollyRoger]

Abortion wouldnt be made illegal on a fed level. Removing Roe v Wade would simply make the feds silent on the issue and pass it once again back to the states.

How do you figure that, given that the last Supreme Court decision on abortion had all 5 Catholics giving enthusiastic support to a federal anti-abortion statute?

 

[joycem10]

You voters who vote for politicians based on whether they're prolife or not have realized this, right?

Have the voters like my wannabe feminist sister who votes for people based upon the fact that they will protect abortion rights from the prolifers realized it?

Its a wedge issue that both sides use to shore up their bases and fire up the radicals.

 

[Masquerouge]

I dunno. It seemed to me that in the recent months the Evangelical right was kind of fed-up with words-only Republicans - in other words they realized they've been screwed for quite a long time.
What might happen is that at some point in the not-so-distant futures candidates will actually have to try to overturn Roe vs Wade if they want to keep the Evangelical vote.

 

[Cutlass]

Not really. Evangelicals have no place else to go except to form their own "always lose elections" party.