Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has proposed asking voters whether they are in favor of allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.”

What a dumbass.

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    On the bright side, Republicans already tried fucking with the language in Ohio, and we all saw how well that went.

    Give it up, you troglodytes. Nobody wants your anti-choice bullshit.

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      Nobody wants your anti-choice bullshit.

      A majority of Americans favor regulations limiting access to abortion.

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            You made that number up. I read the entire article, and not only does it not say that anywhere (and in fact, 64% isn’t a figure used for any metric), it says 49% support some form of restriction versus 47% who want expansive abortion rights.

            The problem is “some form of restriction” is a terrible metric to categorize people. Does that mean FDA regulating mifepristone? Because 63% support having at least prescription access to it. Does it mean having better laws? Because 61% think the overturning of Dobbs was a bad decision. Does it mean preventing first trimester abortions? Because 69% support abortion access in the first trimester.

            I don’t know where you got “64% support some form of restriction” from, but it certainly wasn’t your source.

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              My friend, are you illiterate? From the article:

              51% say it should be legal “only under certain circumstances,” and 13% say it should be illegal in all circumstances.

              Now add them and tell me what you get…

              The 47% and 49% figures that you’re reading are made from a subdivision of that 51% “certain circumstances” category. Like, it says that right above those figures. To that end, that 47% doesn’t mean no abortion restrictions – it means “legal in all or most cases.”

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        Too bad Republicans are incapable of controlling themselves, and want to completely ban abortions – either explicitly or implicitly (6 week bans, when you can only just start to detect pregnancy). That majority you describe wants limitations to a legally accessible procedure.

        I’m afraid Republicans have turned this into a debate of if abortion should be legal at all, not if it should have restrictions. And when you insist that a young girl, barely a teenager, gives birth to an incest baby? Kinda hard to think Republicans want any exceptions.

        So yeah, Republicans are anti choice, and a majority of Americans don’t like that bullshit, as shown in the article that your shared.