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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT: Why Abortion Is a Progressive Economic Issue
Democratic Party leaders have frequently tried to play down abortion to win elections. After Democrats failed to take the White House in 2004, Howard Dean, who would soon become chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said, I have long believed that we ought to make a home for pro-life Democrats. This thinking among Democrats paved the way for debate on the Affordable Care Act to come to a screeching halt when Blue Dog Democrats like Bart Stupak wanted to insert anti-abortion provisions.
While this game plan could make a certain amount of electoral sense according to Pew Research Center polling, about a third of independents believe abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, although a majority of the country believes it should be legal it is galling coming from someone like Senator Sanders. He takes a hard line on vitally important economic issues yet refuses to see abortion as a strand of the same financial fabric. Mr. Sanders himself has a solid track record on supporting womens reproductive choices. But as he jockeys to lead a transformation of the Democratic Partys priorities and policies, its not an issue hes committed to focusing on.
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Its true that abortion access, as well as contraception and other reproductive health needs, may not motivate the working-class voters who helped send Mr. Trump to the White House. But any woman who has had to decide whether she could afford to keep a baby will most likely be able to tell you that economics is deeply embedded in her choice. To pretend that these issues are different and that one can be abandoned for the other is disproved in countless womens lives.
Women fuel Democratic victories and are at the forefront of organizing against the Trump administration. Their votes and activism are more necessary than ever. Its both smart economics and smart politics to take a firm line on reproductive rights.
While this game plan could make a certain amount of electoral sense according to Pew Research Center polling, about a third of independents believe abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, although a majority of the country believes it should be legal it is galling coming from someone like Senator Sanders. He takes a hard line on vitally important economic issues yet refuses to see abortion as a strand of the same financial fabric. Mr. Sanders himself has a solid track record on supporting womens reproductive choices. But as he jockeys to lead a transformation of the Democratic Partys priorities and policies, its not an issue hes committed to focusing on.
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Its true that abortion access, as well as contraception and other reproductive health needs, may not motivate the working-class voters who helped send Mr. Trump to the White House. But any woman who has had to decide whether she could afford to keep a baby will most likely be able to tell you that economics is deeply embedded in her choice. To pretend that these issues are different and that one can be abandoned for the other is disproved in countless womens lives.
Women fuel Democratic victories and are at the forefront of organizing against the Trump administration. Their votes and activism are more necessary than ever. Its both smart economics and smart politics to take a firm line on reproductive rights.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/opinion/why-abortion-is-an-progressive-economic-issue.html?_r=0
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NYT: Why Abortion Is a Progressive Economic Issue (Original Post)
ehrnst
Apr 2017
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SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)1. K & R
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)2. Absolutely true. (Thanks for posting this.)
A "Special" GROUP and "Certain" POLITICIANS NEED TO READ THIS:
Women fuel Democratic victories and are at the forefront of organizing against the Trump administration. Their votes and activism are more necessary than ever. Its both smart economics and smart politics to take a firm line on reproductive rights.
AND THEN READ THIS AGAIN:
Women fuel Democratic victories and are at the forefront of organizing against the Trump administration. Their votes and activism are more necessary than ever. Its both smart economics and smart politics to take a firm line on reproductive rights.
DO NOT FORGET IT!!
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)3. Attention DNC: Dismiss women's health care and the econmic issues behind it at your own risk. (nt)