Title: Republican Views on Abortion | Republican Views
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Republican Views on Abortion
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Content: Democrats vs Republicans on Abortion
Many democrats and other pro-abortion groups color republicans as anti-women’s-rights, or as being callous on the issues of women’s freedoms. This is especially common in cases where republicans are against abortion in cases of rape or birth defect. However, most republicans are not against women’s rights, they are simply defending the rights that they believe the unborn child has. They seek to provide women with unwanted pregnancies with whatever support they can, as long as it does not infringe on another’s (in this case, the child’s) rights. However, this coloring of pro-life republicans as women haters has definitely affected the party’s support from the female demographic. In the latest presidential election, President Obama held an overwhelming majority of women’s votes, and many speculate that it was, at least in part, due to the republican views on abortion. While many republicans will argue that public opinion is on their side on the issue of abortion, many republicans have lost elections where women’s rights became prominent issues, seemingly because of their stance on abortion. Many felt that strong anti-abortion stances are what cost Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia and Todd Akin in Missouri what should have been winnable races. Part of this is because abortion is an ever-changing issue in the public’s mind. There are too many dependent factors for most people to have a set-in-stone opinion on the issue.