Abortion Is In The Hands Of The People

Reminder: 70 percent of Americans oppose overturning Roe. What Pence claims here is false. pic.twitter.com/aQXI6ImTCG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2022

And has been since 1973. It is, and should be, a personal choice, at least within the parameters of Roe and Casey. That has also been the case since 1973.

6/10 women who have an abortion are already mothers. The vast majority of all those who get an abortion get one in the first trimester. Those that don’t are more likely poor, young, or have a medical issue. - cdc https://t.co/kqw3SCF0ie

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) May 4, 2022

So the problem is not autonomy, it’s control. When Pence says “the hands of the people,” he means “only certain people.” The hands of the “right people.”

Which is the wrong answer.