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activists are bracing for a new battle over one of the nation s starkest political divides. this case is about whether the supreme court is going to adhere to an almost 50-year precedent of respecting the individual liberty to make decisions about pregnancy. unborn babies are human beings, and they should be protected as any human being would. in arguments on wednesday, chief justice john roberts signaled he might uphold the mississippi law without explicitly overturning roe. if it is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time. he appeared to be alone as other members of the court s conservative majority went much further. republican senator susan collins has defended her vote for justice brett kavanaugh. he noted repeatedly that roe had been upheld by planned parenthood versus casey describing it as precedent on precedent. i said that it s settled as a precedent of the supreme court,
trampling on the freedom of women s rights, trampling on the freedom to vote, will not reduce to reduce prescription drug costs, will not be there for your child care? there are going to be all of this is going to be on the ballot in this election. let me ask you about the political ramifications. this is something you said in your campaign about pro-life democrats. take a listen. i believe we re a big tent party, and there are pro-life democrats and they are part of our party, and i think we need to build a big tent. i think we need to bring people in instead of shutting them out. i think one of the reasons why we had stability on this issue is that in the 70s and 80s, a third of democrats were pro-life, a third of republicans were pro-choice. there was this sort of freeze, if you will. now there s a pretty stark partisan divide. does that make it harder to have pro-life democrats in the party? i don t think so. we still have people that come up to me all the time in my st
at the same time there are political consequences as well. the case could actually brighten what is a grim outlook right now for democrats in 2022. the court has long been an energizing issue for republican voters. could the neutering of roe now anger energizing democrats and women in general as we head toward the midterm elections? the abortion debate is perhaps the longest running example over an increasingly divided america. none of those divisive issues have the emotional power and relevance of abortion and none so rested on one election. all elections have consequences, but three of the justices ready to undo roe were appointed to the court by president trump, reminding us that the 2016 election will continue to have consequences in american law for decades to come. [ chanting-roe v. wade has got to go ]