Late on Friday night, former President Donald Trump hammered out a 181-word post on his Truth Social platform in his signature all-caps style, targeted at "DEPRESSED AND UNHAPPY" women who are "THINKING ABOUT ABORTION." The 45th president of the United States " who is behind Vice President Kamala Harris by as much as 13 percentage points among women according to an August poll by Reuters/Ipsos " insisted that he was the better candidate for women in the lengthy post. He specifically argued that four years ago, when the country was fully in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic and the global economy was in tatters, women were better off.
... targeted at "DEPRESSED AND UNHAPPY" women who are "THINKING ABOUT ABORTION." ...
Why might women be unhappy and depressed?
Possibly because fmr Pres Trump is against abortion, while over 60% are in favor of legal abortion.
Views on abortion by gender, 2024 (April 2024)
www.pewresearch.org
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Euphoric two years ago, US anti-abortion movement is now divided and worried as election nears
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... Just two years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, thus ending the nationwide right to abortion.
Now, with a presidential election fast approaching, their movement is disunited and worried. Within their own ranks, there is second-guessing and finger-pointing, plus trepidation that Election Day might provide new proof that their cause is broadly unpopular.
Michael New, an abortion opponent who teaches social research at The Catholic University of America, offered an overview of how the movement had fared since the Roe ruling in June 2022.
"Things have not necessarily unfolded as we would hope," he wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "There is certainly a sense among pro-life leaders that we should have had a stronger post-Roe game plan in place."
"I always remind fellow pro-lifers that we were never promised a smooth glide path to victory," he added. "There will certainly be setbacks and disappointments along the way."
A key reason for the wariness is the anti-abortion movement's recent losing streak on abortion-related ballot measures in seven states, including conservative Kansas and Kentucky.
Nine more states will consider constitutional amendments enshrining abortion rights in the Nov. 5 election -- Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota.
In several of them, abortion opponents tried various unsuccessful strategies for blocking the measures. ...
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