Ziegler writes: "Republicans are abandoning language that has long been standard in abortion bans. Why?"
The Republicans have eroded rape and incest exceptions to abortion bans. (photo: Discha-as/Getty)
12 June 19
Republicans are abandoning language that has long been standard in abortion bans. Why?
ll of a sudden, abortion opponents have abandoned rape and incest exceptions to abortion bans.
Louisiana became the latest state to do so last month, following Ohio, Mississippi and, most notoriously, Alabama. That same month, younger abortion foes in groups like Students for Life of America fired off a letter asking the Republican Party to stop supporting exceptions that before this year had long been standard components of anti-abortion legislation.
Why the sudden shift on rape and incest, and what does it mean? Fights about rape and incest exceptions expose deeply different ideas about the guilt and trustworthiness of women — and about how much popular opinion should dictate abortion politics.
