Just a little correction on this “fact”. Of the 9 justices on the court in Roe v. Wade 6 were appointed by Republicans, so that would make them responsible for Roe v Wade since the republican appointees controlled the court. Of the seven justices voting for Roe v. Wade the republican votes outnumbered the democrat votes 4-3 .
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this is not fully correct. As Nixon was a corrupt president who was pro-abortion. The court case contained many dissident republicans who technically has abandoned conservative ideals. Harry Blackmun for example was a wonderful example of a man who abandoned his party. Many of these judges changed their views after they were appointed.
William Brennan, an embarrassment to faithful Catholics around the world and the Church, was another great dissenting figure. He was known to be a progressive liberal and was a large force behind Roe v Wade as was Blackmun.
White, was also another judge who dissented in the case. Another example similar to Blackmun. For the amount of dissenting judges there must have been an very powerful force behind the trial that was emitting pressure among the judges.
In all reality it was a horrid jury as there were only 2 figures that were against abortion and was overly curtailed and outnumbered by liberal judges and figures. Many prominent feminists also had a very high hold on the jury too.
Today however, the majority of group who have kept abortion legal and protected are democrats mostly, plannedparenthood, the ACLU, with the exception of a few republicans such a Rudy Juliani. However your sin of omission is incorrect as most republicans and conservatives have very openly voiced out opposition, and as least partial birth abortion banned.
You echo my points, despite the importance of abortion as an issue, the republicans gave up trying to make a better healthcare bill so they could portray themselves as a united front against the dems.
If you look at most important legislation, it involved compromise and involvement on both sides of the aisle. By not even offering up one vote to the Dems in return for tougher abortion language, the Republicans abdicated their responsibility to see that the innocent were more protected.
Thats exactly what they tried to do with the Stupak-Pitts amendment language! lol. However the Stupak compromise was not fully accepted by the democrats. Republicans were hoping greatly for the full language in the stupak was to be used. But the democrats would not compromise. In mid-November 2009, it was reported that 40 House Democrats said they would not support a final bill containing the Amendment’s provisions. Nancy Pelosi essentially refused to accept any new language into the bill about abortion. Hence the onus is on the democrats mostly as it was a democrat who brought in this bill in the first place and another democrat who refused to let new language into the bill about the abortion restrictions.
And then you have the Nelson amendment, which democrats eventually shut down too…Until Scott Brown’s election to the Senate in January 2010, the Nelson Compromise was viewed by the pro-choice leadership of the Democratic party as one of the big hurdles in passing legislation, along with other significant issues such as the public option. The Massachusetts ballot removed the pressure away from Senator Nelson in carrying the decisive political opposition to the bill, due to the fact that the Republicans were virtually united in their own opposition to it.
After much pressure from democrats he later agreed to accept a version which allows people to use federal subsidies to buy plans that include abortion coverage while requiring them to pay for elective abortion coverage separately without subsidies, and allows states to exclude plans providing abortion coverage from their respective exchanges. After criticism from national pro-life organizations, Nelson shifted his position and has indicated that he will lobby for tighter restrictions on elective abortion funding similar to the Stupak Amendment
