![]() ![]() So the question is, how can Democrats soften their rhetoric while maintaining their support for safe, accessible abortion?Īs long as I can remember, the tone of the liberal message on abortion has been defiant, sometimes even celebratory. Bush, according to NARAL Pro-Choice America. Put more precisely, fully one-third of pro-choice Americans voted for George W. Similarly, 55 percent told a Time/CNN poll in January 2003 that they favored the Supreme Court ruling “that women have the right to have an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy.” And yet, as our most recent election made clear, some percentage of those poll respondents obviously support anti-abortion candidates. An ABC News/ Washington Post poll from May of this year found that 54 percent of those asked said they thought that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Poll after poll shows that a majority, albeit a slim one, of Americans favor access to abortion. I'm tormented by the idea that even as I support Democratic candidates - and, yes, on this issue - I'm turned off by their abortion rhetoric. ![]() It's the stridency, the insistence, the repetition of a “woman's right to choose.” It rubs me the wrong way - and I'm one of those classic 30-something, northeastern, educated, pro-choice women who believes the message. ![]() Now I can safely say it: The Democratic defense of abortion makes me cringe. Ok, I've unlisted my phone number, changed my name, and moved to a different (red) state. ![]()
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