Analysis: Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortion
Activists, politicians and other supporters of Planned Parenthood demonstrate Monday outside New York City Hall against the Trump administration's proposed Title X rule change. By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow February 26 at 5:57 PM Republicans have long used their party’s opposition to abortion as a rallying cry and a way to turn out voters. Now, they seem to be gearing up to make abortion a core issue in the 2020 race.
” Republicans have tried to do the same with measures making their way through state legislatures. For example, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam found himself in hot water after he appeared to suggest that doctors could “abort” infants even after birth. In a WTOP interview, Northam said doctors could perform late-term abortion “in cases where there may be severe deformities. There may be a fetus that’s not viable.
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