Abortion messaging needs to change

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is Biden’s position?

I think he’s up for whatever. Ladies’ choice!

Women should be able to get the medical care they need based on advice from their doctor, not ignorant politicians and judgmental religious whackos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 16-week abortion ban is a very smart compromise that will get support from both sides. Currently, only 15 of 193 U.N. Member Countries allow elective abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, so the U.S. is a major outlier where many states still allow elective abortion until birth.

No. You are wrong.
Most Americans believe abortion shouldn’t be regulated at all.
They don’t want limits placed on it.
Roughly 75% of Americans think up to 24 weeks for any reason,
25% think a 16 week ban is acceptable.


https://apnews.com/article/abortion-trump-biden-election-2024-dobbs-498d14f6e2bbfe1f313f006ad089de4e

[Anonymous]

Also: the overwhelming shift in public opinion in support of the protections of Roe and support for access to abortion services means the “messaging” is just fine.
No, we don’t need to “smile more”.

[Anonymous]

In Florida, the messaging on our proposed constitutional amendment is "limiting government interference with abortion."

The advocacy groups working on the issue did a lot of messaging testing and that's what people responded best to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you have misunderstood Trump's position on abortion and the general conservative position. Very, very few conservatives believe that it's murder in all cases. And most are willing to compromise and make a 12 or 16 week total amnesty period to have abortions.

The leftists here are being clear with you. They will not compromise at all. They want abortion to be completely unregulated and consider any limitations for any reason at all to be a violation of women's rights. Women can and should be allowed to choose to abort for any reason at all, up til the point of birth, in their view. Take it or leave it. I used to be a democrat and eventually, I couldn't any more. On this and many other issues, I have moral lines that I'm not willing to cross.

Citation needed that “most” conservative politicians are willing to offer 16 week “amnesty”, because you seem to have made that up.

Here you go. Look at the Republican response graph. Only 20ish % respond that abortion should be illegal in all cases.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/246278/abortion-trends-party.aspx

Democrats attack Trump over alleged 16 week national law Trump is reportedly seeking-- meaning Democrats believe that 16 weeks is the compromise point being mulled by Republicans: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/democrats-trump-abortion-report/

Nowhere does that say that a single Republican politician has agreed to 16 weeks, and in places where Republicans are in control fully, it’s been 6 and 10 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also: the overwhelming shift in public opinion in support of the protections of Roe and support for access to abortion services means the “messaging” is just fine.
No, we don’t need to “smile more”.

Maybe hearing about women bleeding out in pools of blood and news of newborns dying in far higher numbers than before has helped people to understand that abortion is healthcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you have misunderstood Trump's position on abortion and the general conservative position. Very, very few conservatives believe that it's murder in all cases. And most are willing to compromise and make a 12 or 16 week total amnesty period to have abortions.

The leftists here are being clear with you. They will not compromise at all. They want abortion to be completely unregulated and consider any limitations for any reason at all to be a violation of women's rights. Women can and should be allowed to choose to abort for any reason at all, up til the point of birth, in their view. Take it or leave it. I used to be a democrat and eventually, I couldn't any more. On this and many other issues, I have moral lines that I'm not willing to cross.

Citation needed that “most” conservative politicians are willing to offer 16 week “amnesty”, because you seem to have made that up.

Here you go. Look at the Republican response graph. Only 20ish % respond that abortion should be illegal in all cases.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/246278/abortion-trends-party.aspx

Democrats attack Trump over alleged 16 week national law Trump is reportedly seeking-- meaning Democrats believe that 16 weeks is the compromise point being mulled by Republicans: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/democrats-trump-abortion-report/

Nowhere does that say that a single Republican politician has agreed to 16 weeks, and in places where Republicans are in control fully, it’s been 6 and 10 weeks.

And it ignores the the fact that forced birthers are attacking birth control. For people who claim to oppose abortion, they do everything they can to cause more unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.

But please, let us continue schmick riding the forced birthers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Republican woman pissed off at Republicans for lying to her about abortion. Reap the whirlwind conservative men…

She sounds like a smart woman but how has it taken until this year for her to realize that the Republican Party hates women? I mean if we want to talk “messaging,” that’s the message I’ve gotten from them my whole life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is Biden’s position?

I think he’s up for whatever. Ladies’ choice!

Women should be able to get the medical care they need based on advice from their doctor, not ignorant politicians and judgmental religious whackos.

Women will help to get rid of trump as they should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is Biden’s position?

I think he’s up for whatever. Ladies’ choice!

Women should be able to get the medical care they need based on advice from their doctor, not ignorant politicians and judgmental religious whackos.

Women will help to get rid of trump as they should.

And the rest of the Republican Party. He’s not doing this in a vacuum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 16-week abortion ban is a very smart compromise that will get support from both sides. Currently, only 15 of 193 U.N. Member Countries allow elective abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, so the U.S. is a major outlier where many states still allow elective abortion until birth.

This is a lie.

Women in Europe can still get abortions after 15 weeks for health issues of mom or fetus.

And 15 weeks is enough time for the rest in Europe because of their socialized healthcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 16-week abortion ban is a very smart compromise that will get support from both sides. Currently, only 15 of 193 U.N. Member Countries allow elective abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, so the U.S. is a major outlier where many states still allow elective abortion until birth.

So you believe woman who discovers a catastrophic condition at 17 weeks for either herself or her fetus should be forced to carry it to 40 weeks? Is that what you are saying? Because that’s what I hear you say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 16-week abortion ban is a very smart compromise that will get support from both sides. Currently, only 15 of 193 U.N. Member Countries allow elective abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, so the U.S. is a major outlier where many states still allow elective abortion until birth.

So you believe woman who discovers a catastrophic condition at 17 weeks for either herself or her fetus should be forced to carry it to 40 weeks? Is that what you are saying? Because that’s what I hear you say.

Who is discovering a ‘catastrophic’ condition at 17 weeks?

If you’ve had a baby in the last twenty years, you’d have known that all ‘catastrophic’ diagnoses are discoverable in the first 15 weeks now with current, widely available prenatal care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 16-week abortion ban is a very smart compromise that will get support from both sides. Currently, only 15 of 193 U.N. Member Countries allow elective abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, so the U.S. is a major outlier where many states still allow elective abortion until birth.

So you believe woman who discovers a catastrophic condition at 17 weeks for either herself or her fetus should be forced to carry it to 40 weeks? Is that what you are saying? Because that’s what I hear you say.

Who is discovering a ‘catastrophic’ condition at 17 weeks?

If you’ve had a baby in the last twenty years, you’d have known that all ‘catastrophic’ diagnoses are discoverable in the first 15 weeks now with current, widely available prenatal care.

Such a simpleton.

My friend has an abortion at 24 weeks because they spent weeks trying to get more tests and finding someone who could help them. But the situation was tragic and the fetus hopelessly deformed, missing much of its brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 16-week abortion ban is a very smart compromise that will get support from both sides. Currently, only 15 of 193 U.N. Member Countries allow elective abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, so the U.S. is a major outlier where many states still allow elective abortion until birth.

So you believe woman who discovers a catastrophic condition at 17 weeks for either herself or her fetus should be forced to carry it to 40 weeks? Is that what you are saying? Because that’s what I hear you say.

Who is discovering a ‘catastrophic’ condition at 17 weeks?

If you’ve had a baby in the last twenty years, you’d have known that all ‘catastrophic’ diagnoses are discoverable in the first 15 weeks now with current, widely available prenatal care.

Such a simpleton.

My friend has an abortion at 24 weeks because they spent weeks trying to get more tests and finding someone who could help them. But the situation was tragic and the fetus hopelessly deformed, missing much of its brain.

Then your friend is an idiot. Or lied to you. Or isn’t real. Every free clinic in America has access to these tests. They are affordable and ubiquitous.