Abortion Poses Challenge for GOP in 2016
The article starts by discussing the tens of thousands of "pro-life" activists who gather to Washington, D.C. every year for the "march for life". Just a day before this Republican leaders had "spiked one of social conservatives' biggest priorities", a bill that bans abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. Other officials are concerned about this bill because they feel they should focus on less controversial issues first so they don't lose any support for the presidential election in 2016. As said by Republican Rep Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania "I would prefer that our party spent less time focusing on these very contentious social issues, because that distracts us from broader economic messages where I think we have much greater appeal to the larger public,"
This relates to out Government class because it discusses parties and their platforms. I personally don't agree with this bill at all, I think that women should have the right to their own bodies and people who wouldn't ever need an abortion(men) should not make laws about abortion, but that's not really what the article is about. I don't think it was smart for the GOP to be taking action on such a controversial issue before the presidential election. This definitely will affect the amount of people fully supporting the party.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/23/politics/gop-abortion-vote-2016/index.html
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ReplyDeleteCasey - I agree that women should have the right to do what they want with their bodies. This was definitely not a smart move by the GOP. I think the government should stay out of personal issues all together.
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