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If we further subsidized child-bearing we would have fewer abortions which for my personal socio-economic beliefs (YMMV) would be a great thing but would the ri

If we further subsidized child-bearing we would have fewer abortions which for my personal socio-economic beliefs (YMMV) would be a great thing but would the right wing allow that? NO! — Ironic, huh?

JackFr 10y ago
Among those who really see abortion as a compelling issue many are pretty far left on immigration, national defense, capital punishment and social welfare programs. They find themselves stuck in a right wing they're not terribly comfortable in because they were drummed out of the Democratic Party, through its doctrinaire insistence on the abortion license.
- linkregister 10y ago
  You see this especially strongly in the Catholic community; abortion is almost universally condemned, while the rest of the issues you mentioned are supported. Catholics also traditionally aligned with the Democratic Party (Democratic-Republicans). While you can find a small minority of Democratic politicians who identify as anti-abortion, they typically aren't active about it.
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > You see this especially strongly in the Catholic community; abortion is almost universally condemned This actually isn't true; while abortion (both the act and its legality) are condemned in strong terms by the Catholic hierarchy, opinion polling has consistently shown the US Catholic community has roughly the same distribution of views on abortion and its legality as the general public.
    - JackFr 10y ago
      Splitting hairs, but when Quinnipiac broke out Catholics who were weekly communicants as opposed to merely 'identifying', there were significant differences.
      - dragonwriter 10y ago
        > Splitting hairs, but when Quinnipiac broke out Catholics who were weekly communicants as opposed to merely 'identifying', there were significant differences. Further splitting hairs, what they actual broke down was weekly Mass attenders vs. others, not weekly communicants. Those aren't the same thing. But, yes, unsurprisingly, adherence to authority on the one point correlates with adherence to authority on the other.

JackFr 10y ago

Among those who really see abortion as a compelling issue many are pretty far left on immigration, national defense, capital punishment and social welfare programs. They find themselves stuck in a right wing they're not terribly comfortable in because they were drummed out of the Democratic Party, through its doctrinaire insistence on the abortion license.

linkregister 10y ago
You see this especially strongly in the Catholic community; abortion is almost universally condemned, while the rest of the issues you mentioned are supported. Catholics also traditionally aligned with the Democratic Party (Democratic-Republicans). While you can find a small minority of Democratic politicians who identify as anti-abortion, they typically aren't active about it.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > You see this especially strongly in the Catholic community; abortion is almost universally condemned This actually isn't true; while abortion (both the act and its legality) are condemned in strong terms by the Catholic hierarchy, opinion polling has consistently shown the US Catholic community has roughly the same distribution of views on abortion and its legality as the general public.
  - JackFr 10y ago
    Splitting hairs, but when Quinnipiac broke out Catholics who were weekly communicants as opposed to merely 'identifying', there were significant differences.
    - dragonwriter 10y ago
      > Splitting hairs, but when Quinnipiac broke out Catholics who were weekly communicants as opposed to merely 'identifying', there were significant differences. Further splitting hairs, what they actual broke down was weekly Mass attenders vs. others, not weekly communicants. Those aren't the same thing. But, yes, unsurprisingly, adherence to authority on the one point correlates with adherence to authority on the other.