A year after the US Supreme Court annulled the 1973 Roe v Wade case, which allowed abortion until fetal viability, Republican candidates remain divided on the abortion debate.
In last Wednesday’s presidential debate (23), the division of the Republican party was revealed. Some candidates supported a 15-week abortion ban, delayed states, or tried to split the difference.
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Democrats plan to explore the issue, regardless of which Republican is chosen to run in the election. This is clear with the release of a new digital ad by the Democrats.
The main candidates from the opposition camp are painted as extremists. The announcement also reaffirms Biden’s position on abortion: the United States should uphold the standard set in the historic Roe v Wade decision.
Voters supported abortion rights initiatives and candidates in several key elections last year. Anti-abortion and evangelical groups urge presidential candidates to go on the offensive and be specific about the issue.
After the decision of the Supreme Court, access to the right began to be determined by each state. The result has been a wave of complete or near-total abortion bans by Republican-led state legislatures. Nearly two dozen states have taken action to ban or restrict abortion.
Polls show that Americans support some legal abortion, but with limits. Seventy-three percent of respondents to an Associated Press-NORC Public Affairs Research Center poll released last month said abortion should be allowed during the first six weeks of pregnancy, including 88% of Democrats and 56% of Republicans polled.
Asked whether states should allow abortions at 15 weeks, 51% of respondents said yes, including 75% of Democrats and 29% of Republicans. Only 27% of respondents supported allowing abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Trump, whose Senate nominees in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia have lost races, wrote a social media post in January and blamed the party’s mid-term defeats on the “abortion issue,” which many Republicans have maligned.
The expectation of the Democrats is that access to the right continues to be an issue that influences voters. Since the decision that toppled Roe, Democrats and abortion rights activists have amassed a number of special election and ballot initiative victories, and the party has outperformed in the 2022 midterm elections.
*With information from Arit John of CNN International
Source: CNN Brasil
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