JoeB131
Diamond Member
If people would start voting on more than one issue, and start voting on the ability to govern, we would be a different country. The GOP is such a sell out. Back in the 60's, all major Republicans were pro choice. They only switched sides to win elections. Family values never. Political gain always.
But you have to get WHY the parties switched on this.
In the 1960's, EVERYONE knew the abortion laws were unworkable, neither party really had the balls to strike them down. If anything, the Democrats were more anti-abortion, because Catholics (the only religion making a stink about contraception at the time) were a major constituency. Evangelicals were more concerned about integration and their daughters dating black men.
So not surprisingly, when the Courts passed Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Boland, effectively legalizing abortions, Republicans just didn't make a big deal about it. Five Republican Justices and two Democrats voted for these decisions.
Then the Evangelicals needed an issue to get asses back into pews, after they had clearly lost the argument on immigration. So suddenly, Abortion became an issue for them.
The gag, of course, is that Republicans were never that serious about overturning Roe, because that would be chaos. So for every Scalia they put on SCOTUS, they added a Sandra Day. This is why Roe is still the law of the land despite Republicans appointing 10 of the last 14 SCOTUS vacancies.
The knuckle-draggers in the Jesus-Land states could pass these laws knowing they'd never be enforced.
Now this whole issue rests on Justice Roberts, who knows overturning Roe would be a disaster. It would mobilize millions of women to vote against the GOP. It would allow a lot of bad, largely unenforceable laws.