Some argue that it played a big part in reducing an expected red wave in 2022 down to a ripple.

Every president has only so much political capital, and Obama spent his on saving the economy from the worst recession since the Great Depression, and covering the most uninsured people with health insurance since LBJ signed Medicare into law.

Will a future Democratic administration sign an abortion rights bill into law some day? Maybe. But right now there are bigger fish to fry: protecting voting rights, outlawing gerrymandering, getting rid of the electoral college, investing in green energy, adapting to ever more severe effects of climate change, fighting off creeping authoritarianism, banning assault rifles, etc., etc.

@Flyingsaucesir Not sure which is "the bigger fish to fry", as our daughter's body autonomy is pretty damn big. What other controls of one's physicality may be in the future remains a looming question.

@Mooolah I didn't mean to diminish the importance of bodily autonomy. It's just that, with a few egregious exceptions, the states are protecting abortion rights. Even some red states. And Democrats are successfully using it as a wedge issue. Will it be enough to overcome gerrymandering and voter suppression? That I cannot say.

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@Flyingsaucesir OMG yes!