NYT : How a Divided Left Is Losing the Battle on Abortion

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7. I wonder if that journo paid any attention to what happened to pro-choice Republicans?

There’s another very good reason as to why the pro-choice movement is aligned with Democrats: it’s because of what happened to pro-choice Republican politicians.

I’m in my sixties, and I’m old enough to remember when many Republicans were not only privately by PUBLICLY, yes I said PUBLICLY, pro-choice.. i’m also old enough to remember what happened when the radical tight took over the Republican Party. Pro-choice Republicans were either primaried/defeated in Republican Party primaries and caucuses and anti-abortion politicians took their places. In some cases, Republican politicians turned anti-abortion and if they were lucky and did it before the mid-1980’s, the anti-abortion fanatics allowed them to stay in office—as long as they toed the new party line.

Anti-abortion activists not only carry a lot of clout within today’s Republican Party, but they often control the Republican Party’s machinery. Starting out as a pro-choice Republican is a political non-starter these days, and has been for decades.