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Fortunately our nation is founded on a constitution and rule of law so that what "should" and "shouldn't" can be codified appropriately by the people.

• autoexec 4y ago
  > so that what "should" and "shouldn't" can be codified appropriately by the people. Sadly that's been repeatedly shown to be false. What we actually have is a system where the average person has zero influence on policy and a very small number of very wealthy people dictate what "should" and "shouldn't" be. The vast majority of Americans support the right to an abortion and yet here we have a small number of people taking that right from them.
  • Ancapistani 4y ago
    > The vast majority of Americans support the right to an abortion For any reasonable definition of “right”, this simply isn’t true. 57% of Americans believe abortion “should be legal overall in all or most cases” - and only 23% believe it “should be legal in all cases” Less than a third - 28% - of Democrats believe abortion should be legal during the third trimester. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/06/25/majority-of-americans-support-abortion-poll-finds---but-not-later-in-the-pregnancy/?sh=72953c550744 https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/06/25/majorit...
• dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Fortunately our nation is founded on a constitution and rule of law so that what "should" and "shouldn't" can be codified appropriately by the people. The governing and electoral structure is very much engineered to prevent “the people” from having an effective voice is codifying should and shouldn't, despite the occasional mouthing of platitudes relating to popular sovereignty and democratic rule by elites.