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Perfect type of ad to push - conservatives can advocate for these harsh bans because they never think it will effect them. The more examples put in their face the harder it is for them to avoid empathizing.
Lol conservatives don't empathize
They do when it's their ox being gored.
Nancy Reagan was happy to be the public face of Right To Life, right up to the minute she found out that human stem cells from embryos might be a cure for Ronnie's dementia. Then she was all for stem cell exemptions.
If there are enough people who want IVF, they'll get a workaround.
I never imagined that the leopards would eat my face!
It’s not empathy when it’s happening to you.
All those years throat goat was milking cocks looking for stem cells? What a twist.
This is almost the exact playbook that got Abortion unbanned in Ireland (which is heavily Catholic). The average American conservative when polled, is against elective abortions; but they're generally fine with abortions for medical reasons. And for 20 years the Pro-life crowd has garnered their support by claiming "nobody wants to force women to die in childbirth". Now that that's clearly a lie that's the truth that needs to be pushed. And I believe it will be effective.
When you play games with healthcare, people die.
I know that, but that message hasn't been well communicated to the average red voter (likely because of the surprise of the Roe v. Wade overturning).
People are largely against a type of abortion that is almost never used as birth control has gotten so effective. I don't think the average person realizes that roughly half of all abortions have been for medical reasons and not been elective for a long time and that the total number of abortions have been trending downward for a long time.
Dems need to hammer that message home this election and hopefully ads like this are effective at doing it.
Yeah but this ad isn't getting in front of conservatives on MSNBC. It needs to be on Fox and OAN.
It's kind of gross to give them money, but yeah, probably.
Fox and OANN will run any ad that pays them.
Moderates do, and can be swayed.