Texas abortion ban rocked across the U.S. “Last election, the Republican Party started in crisis”

The implementation of the Texas state’s ban on abortion, which caused a stir across the United States, was defined by local media as part of the Texas Republican “right-click” move. During the presidential election last year, I felt a sense of crisis when I checked more Democratic votes than expected in Texas, a traditional vegetable garden. Republicans focus on attacking rabbitsanalysis that is being done.

The Washington Post reported on the 4th (local time), “In the Republican Party of Texas, the same philosophy as former US President George HW Bush and son George W Bush gave way to the extreme conservative ‘Donald Trump’ faction.” told It is explained that the Republican Party of Texas, the political hometown of the Bush and his father, is pursuing an extreme policy and rhetoric unlike in the past. A representative example is the implementation of the ‘Heartbeat Act’. This is a de facto prohibition of abortion law, in that the time to feel physical changes such as morning sickness is around the 9th week of pregnancy, with the content that ‘If the pregnancy is aborted after the 6th week of pregnancy, when the fetal heartbeat is detected, even if the pregnancy was due to sexual assault, etc.’ get evaluated When the law was passed, no Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives voted against it.

The decisive moment for change was the last election. This is because a crack in the support base has been discovered in Texas, where no Democratic candidate has been supported since Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976. According to CNN, the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump’s share of the vote (52.1%) was only 5.6 percentage points behind his rival Joe Biden (46.5%). The gap in the approval ratings of two presidential candidates is narrowing from 16 percentage points (2012) to 9 percentage points (2016) and 5.6 percentage points (2020). finally The victory was won, but Republican unrest grew.

In front of a women’s clinic on the 1st, when the Temporary Suspension Prohibition Act was effectively enforced in Texas, USA, ‘Temporary suspension is legal. There is a placard with the words ‘Our clinic is operating’. Fort Worth = Associated Press

As a result, the state of Texas has been bombarded with bold policies to mobilize conservatives. In the most recent last day The Firearms Possession Act was enacted, allowing anyone over the age of 21 to freely possess a handgun without any training or license and without background checks. The revised Election Act was criticized for violating the voting rights of voters of color. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, sparked controversy last month when he issued an executive order banning local governments from requiring masks and vaccinations amid a surge in the number of cases due to the spread of the delta mutation.

Texas Republicans are beginning to sympathize with this move in other regions.. It suggests that Republicans in at least seven states, including Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina and South Dakota, will review or amend state laws to reflect Texas law that bans abortion. WP “Texas is an example of Balkanization in the United States.”“The gap between Republican and Democrat-dominated regions is widening, but no state has been as extreme as Texas,” he said. However, it is unclear whether the aftermath of the temporary suspension ban will have the same effect as the Republican Party’s approval rating.

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