The New Anti-Choice Democrats: Can We Work With Them?

Reassuring Southern voters about core social issues like abortion was likely the only way Democrats could have won recent special elections in Mississippi and Louisiana. So how can reproductive health advocates get newly-elected anti-choice Dems to work with us? Full Story »

Posted by Amie Newman
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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Member Tags: Don Cazayoux, Childers, pro-choice, reproductive rights, partial birth abortion
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Posted by: Posted by Amie Newman - Jun 9, 2008 - 11:58 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jun 9, 2008 - 12:19 PM PDT

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Amie Newman
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by Amie Newman - Oct. 1, 2008

I am the Managing Editor of the publication. However, Dana does an excellent job at exploring the new anti-choice Democrats, what kinds of policies they support and what they can - and can't- accomplish for Democratic and pro-choice politics.

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Emily Douglas
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by Emily Douglas - Oct. 1, 2008

I'm an editor at the publication, too. But even so, I think I can objectively say that this is a very thought-provoking and nuanced piece. Dana's arguing that in the long-run, merely having Dems, even anti-choice electeds, *in historically Republican districts* is advantageous for reproductive rights. This is certainly something the Democratic Party as a whole, and reproductive rights activists, need to think about.

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