• thetaT [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    being anti-abortion used to also be pretty unpopular. but when conservative leadership needs something new to demonize, the conservative public are quick to turn…

      • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        It’s unpopular now, but historically party stances were somewhat reversed, e.g.

        In 1972, a Gallop poll showed that Americans were united in their opinion about abortion: 68% of Republicans and 59% of Democrats agreed that “the decision to have an abortion should be made solely by a woman and her physician.”