Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
On my Facebook, I have a friend who is an SJW but she doesn't mind that I argue back and forth with her leftist/SJW friends.
So every debate I have there is like 10-on-1 or worse, though occasionally someone jumps in and backs my view before being run off.
I realize this, but still enjoy it because it actually makes me think, and it's an interesting view into the other side and how THEY think.
Anyway, with like one exception, ALL of them are totally in favor of these laws legalizing the late term abortions up until the date of birth.
Why?
Because it's important to "give a woman and her doctors the choice to make an intelligent decision".
And what of doctors and mothers who might abuse this to commit legalized murder of ready-to-be-born babies which they no longer want?
They're all denying that's ever going to happen. And the few who concede that it might happen feel that it's an acceptable price to pay for the "freedom" of allowing a woman and her doctor to choose what to do.
Amazing.
(By the way, what little research exists on late term abortions shows that a fairly large percentage of women seeking them are NOT doing it for medical reasons!)
But even if the 90% of the women seeking late term abortion were doing so for valid reasons, even that would be unacceptable, as the other 10% would be getting away with legalized murder.
Anyway, this is going to be a straight up killer for Democrats in 2020 if late term abortion becomes part of the Democratic Party platform. Like, if they don't separate themselves from this immediately, or at least make a distinction that they only support more sensible late term laws, this is going to be a huge rallying point for Republicans.
Late term abortions are VERY unpopular with the general public -- something like 80/20 to 85/15 against.
Democrats are super out of touch with this one. They're so obsessed with their usual "old white men keep their laws off a woman's body" rhetoric that they're totally missing the gigantic flaws in what they're advocating -- both morally and politically.
I could totally see swing voters ticking the box for Trump again, saying, "Well, he's an asshole and I didn't care for his first term, but at least he doesn't support killing babies like [the Democratic candidate]!"
Seriously.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge tactical mistake here to be pushing it this far, less than 2 years away from the election.