Opinion: Republicans will lose the 'reasonableness' fight on abortion
Dana Sweeney chants against Alabama's abortion ban at a rally in Montgomery on Tuesday. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 16 at 10:15 AM In some respects the abortion debate over the past 50 years has been a fight for the ability to call the other side radical, anti-life and unrealistic.
Could this backfire on Republicans in these states and elsewhere when voters demand to know their views on such legislation? Sen. John Cornyn , are you in favor of forcing Texas rape victims to drive hundreds of miles for an abortion or be branded criminals? Sen. Cory Gardner , who ran in 2014 insisting he wasn’t part of any war on women, will have to answer the same kind of question.
At a time Republicans have lost support in record numbers from college-educated voters, this issue is likely to make matters worse:
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