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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

but you can see their deep seeded fear/belief that the most extreme version of their politics is correct, just unpopular on a whole host of issues. Here's me writing in 2022 on abortion. www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/o...

They wanted, as their website states now, the abolishment of abortion. No ifs, ands or 15-week limitations and no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. The belief that every single abortion was an act of murder was a bog-standard viewpoint, so commonplace as to pass by my eyes almost unnoticed.

The problem is that these beliefs, including sending women to prison for having abortions, aren't palatable to the broader public. Many Americans oppose some abortions, but very few oppose all abortions. A majority want abortions available during the first trimester and in cases of rape and incest. As National Review’s editors argued in 2015, while favoring abortion bans with zero exceptions “is a defensible position,” “it is a highly unpopular one.” Best, they argued, not to discuss it. Besides, the editors continued, “perhaps in a post-Roe v. Wade America a state or two would ban abortion even in cases of rape, and those seeking such abortions would have to cross state lines. But even that is on the far edge of possibility.”

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lisa @theradish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is why I am enraged that Ds are falling for the EXACT SAME PLAYBOOK on trans issues. JFC, why is it impossible to learn from history - not even ancient history, I remember it!

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