In 2020, women voted for Joe Biden over President Trump by a 55-44 margin. This “gender gap” was even larger in the 2018 midterm elections, when women supported Democrats over Republicans by a 59-40 margin. So it's not surprising that Democrats are trying to drum up female support this election season as they always have. They do this by claiming that their Republican opponents are “misogynists” while they themselves are professional supporters of women (even if they can't define what that is). But this is just projection, says one commentator.
In fact, as Jack Hoerner points out, “Democrats don't support women and girls.” (Republicans do, but more on that later.)
But, he argues, that's what they want everyone to think.
Indeed, Democrats, desperate to scare women into supporting them, sometimes claim that Republicans want to ban contraception and IVF (which, of course, nowhere exists), but their main argument as advocates for women is abortion, Hellner points out.
In this regard, Kamala Harris boasted about her history of prenatal infanticide during a presidential debate, and the standard Democratic line is that Republicans want control over women's bodies.
reality
Of course, the reality of “prenatal infanticide” is that there are good reasons for it to be characterized as such: it is “murder,” as even pro-abortion commentator Bill Maher acknowledges. (And yet he says, “That's OK.”) But the political reality, Hellner points out, is that Trump's positions are perfectly in line with public sentiment. It's Harris who is out of touch with mainstream America.
(Note: I am staunchly anti-abortion and must emphasize that public opinion does not determine truth. What follows is simply an analysis of the candidates’ positions on abortion compared to the American consensus.)
Though far from perfect, Trump's position is that abortion should be limited to the 14th week of pregnancy. Hellner notes that this is a populist position, writing that it is “essentially reflected in most of the world's laws.” Furthermore, Trump does not support a nationwide ban on abortion. In fact, the whole idea behind overturning Roe v. Wade was to follow precedent for most of American history and return prenatal infanticide to the states.
Trump's position is broadly in line with that of the majority of Americans: Hellner cites a YouGov poll that found that “53% of Americans support a national law making abortion illegal after 16 weeks of pregnancy except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the woman's life.”
radical
In contrast, Hellner points out that Democrats want prenatal infanticide on demand, at any stage of pregnancy (which would put them in league with China and North Korea). But Harris at least implicitly denied this during the presidential debates, and the moderators furthered her “moderate” pretensions by claiming that no states allow late-term abortions.
But Harris' running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, knows better: As a KARE 11 fact check revealed, the law he signed last year “does not contain a specific ban on abortion at any stage of pregnancy.”
Hellner also points out that Democrats don't want parents to know that their underage daughters have had abortions. Additionally, Democrats oppose “born alive” laws, which means they condone the practice of denying medical care to babies born alive after a botched abortion. They want to let children die.
Given the claim that “Republicans want to control women's bodies,” one more point must be made. For the sake of argument, let's accept Harris' current claim that she supports the Roe limit (20 weeks). Then, following the Democratic logic, Harris also “want to control women's bodies.”
In other words, the debate is solely about where to draw the line.
(Real answer: At conception.)
But speaking of drawing lines, what about the line Democrats draw in defending women?
A real white knight?
Of course, keep in mind that about 50 percent of aborted babies are small females. But putting that aside, what does the bigger picture reveal about which major political parties actually stand for women's rights? Hellner examines this and writes:
Trump believes women should be able to choose what insurance they get and which doctor they see. Democrats believe the government should dictate what everyone buys.
Trump believes women should be free to choose whether or not to get vaccinated, while Democrats believe women should be forced to get vaccinated against their will or be fired.
…Mr. Trump believes women should be able to buy the cars and appliances they want, but Democrats want to take away that freedom of choice.
Trump believes that poor mothers should be able to choose which school their children go to. Democrats don't care how bad the results are.
Trump believes women have the right to free speech. Democrats believe that women who dare challenge school boards about the destruction being inflicted on children by progressive policies should be threatened by the Department of Justice.
…Trump can define what a woman is. Democrats say they can't, yet they claim to be the party of science.
Trump believes women and girls shouldn't have to compete against men in sports, while Democrats believe women should stay quiet and put up with the delusions of psychopaths.
Trump believes women and girls have a right to privacy in locker rooms and bathrooms, while Democrats believe they shouldn't have to complain if men expose themselves in their spaces.
Trump wants to secure the border, but Democrats don't seem to care how many women and girls are being murdered, raped, trafficked, and dying of drug overdoses as they continue to wreak havoc on America's porous border.
But in the final analysis, there are not primarily “men's issues” or “women's issues,” there are American issues: policies that affect everyone affect women, and policies that hurt everyone hurt women.
In light of this, one might ask of the modern Democratic Party: Why do women need enemies when they have 'friends' like them?
