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“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.”
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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Because of COURSE they are!
Just like when Florida voted to restore the voting rights of felons who'd served their time and the GOP government went "nuh uh! They gotta pay a shitload of money first!", effectively barring all ex convicts who are poor, which is of course the vast majority, from voting in Florida.
Republicans don't care about your rights or democracy.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Abortion rights advocates are already working across at least 10 states to put the issue on the ballot next November, a move that could boost Democrats' fortunes in the presidential race and congressional contests.
The winning streak has prompted some soul-searching within the national GOP, with party leaders and strategists urging candidates for federal office to soften their anti-abortion positions.
Just days later, conservative lawmakers drafted legislation that proposed giving the Ohio General Assembly “the exclusive authority over implementing Issue 1” — a move that would have “denied” that “jurisdiction” to all courts in the state.
The draft legislation, which has yet to be formally introduced, also proposed to “immediately dismiss” all lawsuits related to implementation of Issue 1 and threatened judges who refused to do so with a “misdemeanor” — a violation that could lead to impeachment.
As a result, Ohio political observers predict that abortion opponents are likely to begin discussing future referendums that would roll back some of the specific protections to reproductive health care offered by Issue 1.
Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a Republican, last month promised a “revolving door of ballot campaigns to repeal or replace Issue 1.”
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