Quote (thesnipa @ 24 Apr 2023 22:11)
birth control precedes Christianity. but if you point this out theists chalk that up to humans being immoral heathens before Jesus saved us.
the venn diagram between people concerned about the rise of minority percent of the population and people who are pro life is so oddly overlapped. they'll weave between scared the white race is going to lose it's majority, and forcing minorities to give birth to raucous cheers. so odd.
Iirc, many "racially conservative" white folks back in the 60s and early 70s initially supported abortion for this very reason: they thought that it would lead to a disproportionate reduction in negro births. Republican strategists then discovered the untapped political potential of the pro-life movement and used it to great success since the 70s.
From a political point of view, Republicans made a faustian bargain by embracing a clear-cut minority position ("abortion should be inaccessible in all but the most rare and tragic cases") which riled up a small but extremely energized segment of the electorate and turned them into reliable base voters. This was a winning strategy as long as
Roe made sure that they didn't actually have to put money where their mouth is. Since
Dobbs overturned
Roe, this previous strategy is in the process of blowing up in their face.
They are now forced to either enact rigorous anti-abortion policies which make their limited, but very rabid pro-life base happy, but are deeply underwater with the voting public at-large, or do nothing and risk pissing off a crucial and often times single-issue pillar of their electoral coalition. Abortion contributed heavily to the very disappointing midterms for the GOP, and it will sink them in 2024 again if they don't find a way to handle this self-inflicted wound.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Apr 25 2023 03:05pm