Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has beaten his Republican challenger. Beshear is a blue governor in a red state, and the race saw national politics as a primary issue.

  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
    51·
    1 year ago

    Republicans since HW Bush have been saying that it should be a state issue, which is ridiculous. They’ve also said they would overturn Roe. They achieved it and now they reap the whirlwind. The states are turning against them.

      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
        22·
        1 year ago

        I’ll let him defend a vote he made in 1981, but what I’m talking about is the promises Republicans made to evangelicals to get their votes.

        • GodlessCommie@lemmy.world
          27·
          1 year ago

          Which is nothing like the DNC promising to codify for 50 years to get their votes. Abortion is a windfall for red and blue fascists alike.

            • GodlessCommie@lemmy.world
              25·
              1 year ago

              The point is Dems have never had any intention of codifying Roe, only to sell fear porn and make money. They fucked around and we found out.

              • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
                32·
                1 year ago

                There was never a reason to codify Roe. It’s not everyday the Supreme Court reverses itself after 50 years.

                • GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  22·
                  1 year ago

                  Congress thought it needed to be codified.

                  Per Jerry Nadler, co-sponcer of the Freedom of Choice Act in 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2009

                  Congressman Jerrold Nadler today announced the re-introduction the Freedom of Choice Act, H.R. 5151. The legislation would codify the Roe v. Wade decision. His statement on the legislation follows:

                  “I am pleased to join so many leaders in the pro-choice movement, and my colleagues, and Senator Barbara Boxer, to introduce the Freedom of Choice Act.

                  “This legislation would, for the first time, codify the rights guaranteed under the Constitution by Roe v. Wade. It would bar government – at any level – from interfering with a woman’s fundamental right to choose to bear a child, or to terminate a pregnancy. I want to thank Senator Barbara Boxer for introducing this legislation in the Senate and for her tireless efforts in defending a woman’s right to choose.

                  https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=392036

                  Per NARAL

                  That’s why the pro-choice community supports the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) – a measure that would codify Roe v. Wade’s protections and guarantee the right to choose for future generations of women.

                  https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/4.-Freedom-of-Choice-Act.pdf

                  Per Barbara Boxer 2013

                  “We codify Roe v. Wade … so that we don’t have to fight these battles state by state by state by state,” Boxer said about the new bill.

                  https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/190153-dems-unveil-landmark-bill-to-preempt-states-strict-abortion-laws/

                  In the Congressional Tribute to Senator Alan Cranston

                  He consistently championed women’s access to health care and reproductive health services. He was the Senate author of the Freedom of Choice Act to codify into federal law the Roe v. Wade court decision.

                  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2001-04-24/html/CREC-2001-04-24-pt1-PgS3834-2.htm

                  The DNC saw a need to codify, but every attempt at bringing the various bills to the floor were referred, by Democrats, to committee where they went to die.