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    Republikaner trauen Wählern in Sachen Abtreibung nicht: Sie sagen, die Bundesstaaten sollten entscheiden, versuchen dann aber, die Bürger daran zu hindern, mitzureden


    Republikaner trauen Wählern in Sachen Abtreibung nicht: Sie sagen, die Bundesstaaten sollten entscheiden, versuchen dann aber, die Bürger daran zu hindern, mitzureden

    https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-19/republicans-are-trying-to-block-efforts-to-give-voters-a-choice-on-abortion

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    19 Comments

    1. GamerGranny54 on

      Republicans don’t trust voters for anything. They see us as inferior and of lower intellect. They don’t think we should be able to really make any decisions they know better.

    2. 23jknm on

      Walz should bring this up to vance, some states won’t let their people vote on it and the state government won’t do what the majority wants so saying let the states decide is disrespectful of the people there.

    4. JemmaMimic on

      “States should decide” is code for “States we control should let our state officials decide”. They’re not fans of voter initiatives either.

    5. Far_Introduction4024 on

      In every State where it has gone on the ballot it’s passed, these people are cowards, GOP held State governments who have no intention on letting voters, particularly women get their right to privacy enshrined in any State Constitution.

    6. Individual_Pear2661 on

      They absolutely trust them. That’s why they can now petition their elected officials to legislate laws regarding theses healthcare laws when previously only a handful of unelected and unaccountable elites where allowed to decide for people.

    8. Traditional_Key_763 on

      only 26 states have citizen initiatives, oddly its mostly midwest and western states likely since their constitutions were written around the time of the progressive era which is how Ohio’s amendment process got started.

      this means most of the country does not have the right to directly contradict whatever their government does or in the case of abortion, does not allow

    9. 100milnameswhatislef on

      This is true.. Kansas only got the vote because it was scheduled on the ballot before Roe got over turned. At the time Republicans put it on the ballot because they wanted to make trigger laws that would start the second Roe got overturned.. It back fired badly and all the other red states to note of it..

    10. RemarkableDog4512 on

      Gee, look no further than Florida n desantis trying to get it thrown out before it even goes to vote. All bcs he knows it is going to pass. Can’t have the will of the people in the freedumb state. God, I hate it here.

    12. Ok_Dimension2767 on

      The governor of Florida is interfering trying to make sure people don’t pass the amendment

    14. riings on

      Republicans are also voters. Did they just… forget about that? Somehow?

    15. N_Who on

      The heck is this? It’s not that Republicans don’t trust voters. It’s that Republicans don’t *respect* voters. Or democracy. Republicans *use* voters as a means to an end where there will be no more voters.

    16. Used_Intention6479 on

      GOP: “Our fiefdoms, er, I mean, the States should decide.”

    17. blackmobius on

      The great game of changing the rules mid game.

      They told the federal govt cant make that decision, its for the state legislatures. Then the states make laws that its ok, so they now say its for the people to decide. Then voters say it should be ok, so they say its in the hands of the courts… and Finally after all that, they plan to turn around and ban it at the federal level anyways

    18. Unlikely_Ad_7004 on

      Yeah. Are just noticing this? Why do you think they’re bending over backwards in the state legislatures to delegitimize ballot initiatives and other efforts to ammend the state constitutions to protect these rights.

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