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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hot take: women don't all vote alike. Married women tend to be more conservative, and younger or single/divorced women tend to be liberal. As a married woman with children, my interests are much more like a man's in that I'm primarily concerned with the economy, crime, national security, and education. Single women appear to be extremely focused on abortion, to the point that it eclipses all other concerns. I don't think it makes sense for politicians to court women as a monolithic voting block. [/quote]

You say not all women vote alike, which is true; but then you try to lump us into two bright line categories, which, btw, do not match the women I know. [/quote]

Agree.  The abortion issue is motivating older married women who are not interested in denying the rights, that they held, to their children.   [/quote]

Absolutely, all the politically active middle age women I know are very invested in the next generations having control over their own bodies. [/quote]

Respectfully, that is a reflection of the social network you have built, not a reflection of how a large portion of married women view things. I'm pro-choice, but not to the extent that is being pushed (eg, I am not in favor of total deregulation).  And, I have daily concerns like crime and education. It's really not fair to say that women should be reduced to one, reproductive issue while other demographics are seen as living full lives with multiple concerns. [/quote]

You want your daughter to be forced to carry a pregnancy that could kill her, or that resulted from rape, or where the baby will die shortly after birth? Because that's the deal. And if you want to be able to live a full life with multiple concerns, then you do have to actually be alive. And not traumatized to the extent that you can't otherwise function.

And putting that at the top of your list doesn't mean the other things get ignored.

I fear that people like you really aren't going to get it until the pharmacist says you can't have your birth control (or other medication) or you get thrown in jail for taking your daughter across state lines for an abortion. Wake up.[/quote]

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