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Longer governor of california, he was running for president. in august 1980, reagan gave a speech to 10,000 cheering evangelicals in a dallas arena, and he talked about creationism, and the bible. he talked about how evangelical institutions ought to be able to remain racially segregated, if they wanted. that s nice. but even then, he did not mention abortion. the plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to give a focal point, a policy focus, to right-wing, republican organizing against women s rights. it was a choice for them. it was a project that did not emerge organically. it was something they didn t really start working on in earnest until the 19 80s. ronald reagan, for example, he personally had to do a u-turn. he had to repudiate the abortion rights bill that get signed as a california governor, when he became the first president to make opposition to abortion a central part of his ....
The plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to give a focal point, a policy focus, to right-wing, republican organizing against women s rights. it was a choice for them. it was a project that did not emerge organically. it was something they didn t really start working on in earnest until the 19 80s. ronald reagan, for example, he personally had to do a u-turn. he had to repudiate the abortion rights bill that get signed as a california governor, when he became the first president to make opposition to abortion a central part of his political identity. this person addressed formation on this issue shows the political transformation that was happening in the republican party on this issue too. pretty soon, opposition to abortion would become effectively an entry requirement for elected officials and the republican party. and then, pretty soon after that, anywhere republicans have ....
His first antiabortion segment was not until 1978, more than five years after roe. even as late as 1980, when ronald reagan biden was no longer governor of california, he was running for president. in august 1980, reagan gave a speech to 10,000 cheering evangelicals in a dallas arena, and he talked about creationism, and the bible. he talked about how evangelical institutions ought to be able to remain racially segregated, if they wanted. that s nice. but even then, he did not mention abortion. the plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to give a focal point, a policy focus, to right-wing, republican organizing against women s rights. it was a choice for them. it was a project that did not emerge organically. it was something they didn t really start working on in earnest until the 19 80s. ronald reagan, for example, he personally had to do a u-turn. ....