The Motivating Power of Abortion Bans

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By Joel Connelly
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Sen. Patty Murray talked incessantly of abortion rights during her 2022 reelection, decrying the Dobbs decision in which the U.S. Supreme Court reversed its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Murray won a surprising landslide sixth term in an election where Democrats turned back predictions of a Republican “red wave.” Every Democratic Senator seeking reelection won a new term. The Dems swept the swing state of Michigan, gained governorships, and surprised everyone with their near-win House showing.

We saw a repeat last year in Ohio, the most conservative of America’s large industrial states. The Republicans sought to require a super-majority to amend the state constitution, but voters would have none of it. They voted down the super-majority in a late summer primary, and then voted in November to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

All told, seven states have cast ballots on abortion rights. The pro-choice forces have won every time, starting with a landslide win and big turnout in conservative, Republican Kansas. And they’re going for more this year, and hoping the issue boosts Joe Biden to victory in November.

https://www.postalley.org/2024/05/06/the-motivating-power-of-abortion-bans/