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Monday, September 28, 2026

The US has already grown used to the horror caused by abortion bans. And Republicans have sought to quash the stories

Mon 28 Sep 2026

Abortion has faded from the headlines since the Dobbs decision of 2022, and Republicans like it that way.

In the immediate aftermath of the supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, as millions of women lost access to the dignity and self-determination that abortion provided them, clinics shut their doors, and the extent of Dobbs's horrendously adverse public health implications started to become clear, abortion was always, it seemed, in the headlines.

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"But the stories have faded from the headlines as the years have gone by. Feminism has gone dramatically out of style, with the big women's rights NGOs wounded enough by Dobbs and attacks from the Trump administration that they have been largely unable to push their agenda in either media or policy, and algorithmic social media driving a rise in gender conservatism and politicized misogyny, particularly among young men.

But maybe more importantly, abortion has ceased to be a story because the horrors of abortion bans have ceased to be news:

the US has grown used to the swift and dramatic erosion of women's health and status that has followed Dobbs, grown used to the horror stories and upward ticking body counts, grown into ease, and even a kind of compliant boredom, with women's death and indignity."

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-28 06:08 PM | Reply

... Why Abortion Faded from America's National Conversation? ...

Simple ...

Rising costs, leading to the dinner table discussions about the ability to live and feed the family are currently a higher priority.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-28 08:16 PM | Reply

Why?

Because a lot of the public just don't care if women die from lack of health care.

We have built a self centered society that pretends to be christian.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-09-29 08:20 AM | Reply

I don't know and the national conversation but here in Missouri is a big topic. We restored women's rights in 2024 and now the GOP has inserted a misleading, muddled amendment onto the November ballot to try to fool voters into stripping the right away again.

#4 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-09-29 08:46 AM | Reply

It's strange because we have a Democrat running against a republican incumbent for Senate here in Kansas and he's hitting him with a lot of stuff but not a word about abortion.

The Democrat Challenger is a minister

Is it possible the Democratic party's gotten behind a candidate for Senate whose position on abortion is no different than the Republican incumbent therefore not worthy of bringing up?

Hard to believe that's true

#5 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-29 08:50 AM | Reply

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