My local newspaper, the Corporate Democrat, published a well-written letter this week from a citizen who described the abortion debate as a conundrum. One side believes that abortion is murder. The other side believes that no government has the right to force a woman to bear a child. The writer wants a compromise between these two absolutes.
Roe v. Wade is a compromise.
The core problem is not the absolutism on each side but rather what "anti-abortion" really represents. There are some people, probably fewer than we think, who care more deeply about fetuses than the women who bear them. There are many voters who support women's choices. But abortion is the one issue (other than cutting taxes for billionaires) that the GOP agrees on. It unites them. To be blunt, for many of these voters "anti-abortion" is a dog whistle calling them to defend the customary patriarchy.
That's why there are so many anti-abortionists who don't care if children, once born, get nutritious food, good educations and health care. For them it's not about fetuses or children. It's instinctively about reinforcing male supremacy.
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