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Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 08:22 PM Feb 2014

The left is winning fast on gay rights, losing slowly on abortion; economics is up for grabs.

Over the past few years, we've seen a series of victories on gay rights, but steady undercutting of Roe vs Wade - Republicans have figured out that even if they can't make abortion illegal, they can make it impossible.

Economics, I don't see a clear trend in, though.

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The left is winning fast on gay rights, losing slowly on abortion; economics is up for grabs. (Original Post) Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 OP
You are right yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #1
I'd say economics Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #2
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. You are right
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 08:28 PM
Feb 2014

We just lost Mississippi today with the change in abortion where you are banned on having an abortion after 20 weeks. We have been making strides on gay rights. So overall we take one step forward and two steps back. Nothing is easy that is for sure.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
2. I'd say economics
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 08:31 PM
Feb 2014

(or at least all the money) has already been grabbed. And not by the left.

You may not see a trend, but a lot of the rest of us most certainly do.

Here's a little picture for you.

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