haven t. with jon tester and you see those abortion numbers. look, i m pretty pessimistic about this for the democrats, and suddenly you see the abortion numbers, and you see the path for tester and the path for brown. they can talk about this issue and make it about people s rights and not just about libertarian argument. yeah. chuck, i think it s interesting to your first point about the divisions within the republican party, one of the biggest ones is about the 15-week national abortion ban. a lot of republicans are saying senator lindsay graham should have never introduced this because the whole point of dobbs was to send this back to the state. except he was looking for a compromising number here. right. i don t know if democrats will ever get to even 20. every republican candidate will have to weigh on that. before we go on the chuck toddcast, i spoke to washington post s dan fall and we ll have a postgame discussion with jonathan alter, talk a little
marriage. heard from the senate. that s going to wait until after the midterms. think there s a better chance to get ten republicans onboard. weigh in on that if you like, but focus on the abortion number, and why, so this is why so many republicans were frustrated when senator lindsey graham brought a national apportion ban back into the conversation. exactly. this is bleeds into our last conversation. republicans don t want to talk about abortion at this juncture much less migrants. look at the same-sex numbers and abortion numbers. it shows somewhat remarkable degree the way in which culture issues are weaponized, used effectively by republicans to splinter the vote, to mobilize their base are tools for the democratic party at this juncture. widespread support for codifying same-sex marriage and abortion bans at 15 weeks, and even with
he has to or she has to tell the woman, allow them to listen, for example, to the foetal heart monitor. so, before confirming their decision to have an abortion, they have to basically be shown evidence that they have a living being inside them, that the foetus is alive. and so the governmentjustifies this and says that it actually will help the woman to make a considered decision. this is, after all, a government, which is very much pro family in their own conception. they see this as a way of really discouraging abortion. abortion numbers have been going down in the past 12 years since this government came to power. but of course, women s groups, many ordinary women in hungary feel that this is an unnecessary intervention by the state in what should be their own right to choose, that it could further traumatise women who ve already taken a very difficult decision to go ahead with an abortion.
the fatal heart monitor the foetal heart monitor, and they have to be shown evidence that they have a living being inside them, that the foetus is alive. the government justifies this by saying it will help the woman to make a considered decision, this is after all a government which is very much pro family, in their own conception they see this as a way of discouraging abortion. abortion numbers have been going down in the past 12 years since this government came to power. but of course, women s groups, many ordinary women in hungary, feel that this is an unnecessary intervention ljy this is an unnecessary intervention by the state in what should be their own right to choose, that it could further traumatise women who have already taken the very difficult decision to go ahead with an abortion. there are also questions about how effective it can be. it
grass roots movement that s going to get the democrats at least within striking distance despite the party itself. when you look at the issues, the coronavirus numbers are great. but it seems like people don t give him credit for it. the abortion numbers are the green shoot for democrats. the issue moved from 3% to 10% on the list of democrats voters most important issues. that s before this opinion has come down. the work we do when it comes to voter registration, trying to get people jazzed up about the primaries, nobody is interested. we have seen close to 40% increase since abortion rights are under attack in georgia and pennsylvania and even in florida and texas. i wonder how it s going to affect it. that s the big challenge democrats have. turn this election from one about inflation to other issues. elections are usually only about one or two things. right now the election is about inflation, the economy, people not feeling well. if democrats can make this about