focused. their focus less now on convincing the american people at large, since that s not working. instead, they are focusing on convincing elected republican state legislatures. and there they are having some success. a couple years ago in north dakota, the personhood people were trying to pass their a la mississippi abortion ban there. they were trying to pass through the legislature. and they found themselves blocked by a republican state senator. he s not a pro-choice republican state senator. he is an anti-abortion conservative republican. but, he said it was dumb to pass a state abortion ban when that s clearly illegal. it s unconstitutional. all it is is a guaranteed court case with all the accompanying expense, and a guaranteed smackdown of north dakota s law and no real advance in the policy. so he blocked the bill from going forward. he explained that what was really going on there was, quote, out of state extremists who have been working unsuccessfully for years in many sta
or at least, they ve gotten more focused. their focus less now on convincing the american people at large, since that s not working. instead, they are focusing on convincing elected republican state legislatures. and there they are having some success. a couple years ago in north dakota, the personhood people were trying to pass their a la mississippi abortion ban there. they were trying to pass through the legislature. and they found themselves blocked by a republican state senator. he s not a pro-choice republican state senator. he is an anti-abortion conservative republican. but, he said it was dumb to pass a state abortion ban when that s clearly illegal. it s unconstitutional. all it is is a guaranteed court case with all the accompanying expense, and a guaranteed smackdown of north dakota s law and no real advance in the policy. so he blocked the bill from going forward. he explained that what was really going on there was, quote, out of state extremists who have been working uns
or at least, they ve gotten more focused. their focus less now on convincing the american people at large, since that s not working. instead, they are focusing on convincing elected republican state legislatures. and there they are having some success. a couple years ago in north dakota, the personhood people were trying to pass their a la mississippi abortion ban there. they were trying to pass through the legislature. and they found themselves blocked by a republican state senator. he s not a pro-choice republican state senator. he is an anti-abortion conservative republican. but, he said it was dumb to pass a state abortion ban when that s clearly illegal. it s unconstitutional. all it is is a guaranteed court case with all the accompanying expense, and a guaranteed smackdown of north dakota s law and no real advance in the policy. so he blocked the bill from going forward. he explained that what was really going on there was, quote, out of state extremists who have been working uns