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I wish i had more time. i ve got to run, but nancy northam, thank you so much for being here. thank you. from the legal now to the political, the texas law seems to be a win for republicans right now, but will it be for the long run? i want to bring in ashley allison, and charlie dent. you know, charlie, i didn t recognize, you come from this pedigree of republicans who will stand up and oppose their party on the abortion issue. i never knew that mary dent crisp, i should say, was an aunt of yours. please explain what happened in 1980. she was my father s sister. she was cochair of the republican national committee at the time, and leading republican from arizona, grew up in pennsylvania, but she objected to the party s position to turn its back on what was then the equal rights amendment and also women s reproductive rights and ....
At the 1980 republican convention in detroit, she resigned and walked out over the whole issue. she warned at the time this was going to cost republicans a lot of women voters, and there would be deep political consequences, and she was right. there s been a gender gap ever since in laws like this one we have just seen passed in texas will further widen that gender gap and turn it into a massive canyon. right. but i have to point out, i mean, what you re saying is that your aunt objected to the gop going full on pro-life in the platform in 1980, but ashley, i ll direct this to you, ronald reagan then won in a landslide, so maybe this is not all doom and gloom for the gop. well, i think it s important to realize that from reagan to bush to clinton, people s views on abortion have drastically shifted. if you look back to 2000 and 2004, george w. bush really ran ....
On abortion as an issue that really actually pulled some democrats, moderate afr african-americans, moderate democrats to vote for him. there is a whole host of issues we could discuss about that election. from that point on until present day, the overwhelming majority, even republican and particularly republican women support a woman s right to choose. they see it as a form of health care, as reproductive rights. i do think there s a part of the republican base that is pro life and will never want a woman to have a right to choose over her reproductive health. women are half of this country, and over 60% of people believe that the texas law is not a good law. people aren t necessarily paying attention to how the supreme court did it, but i do think if this becomes an issue in 2022, it is an issue democrats should run on and should not be afraid of, it is our body, our choice. well, charlie, to ashley s point, here s the latest polling ....
I mean, no exceptions for rape or incest. it practically bans abortion, at six weeks, the bounty provision, the snitch provision, there s kind of an eerily orwellian feature to this thing. it just doesn t, you know, most people who aren t obsessed with this issue are going to look at this, like the terry schiavo issue, why are they doing this, that denies common sense and are offensive to many people s sensibilities. whether you re for abortion or not. it remains to be seen. historically, i think that republicans have cared more about the courts. look at donald trump s influence. three justices on the supreme court or this would not have gone the way that it did. i wish i had more time for asa ashley allison and charlie dent. have a great weekend, and thank you both for being here . ....