{"id":5142,"date":"2022-09-05T12:21:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2022-09-05T14:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T20:04:24","slug":"fired-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5142","title":{"rendered":"Fired up"},"content":{"rendered":"

This matches what I see\/feel around the mid-terms this year<\/a> (gift link, will get you through the paywall for a while).<\/p>\n

Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I\u2019ve Never Seen Anything Like It<\/strong><\/p>\n

…once the actual Dobbs decision came down, everything changed. For many Americans, confronting the loss of abortion rights was different from anticipating it. In my 28 years analyzing elections, I\u2019ve never seen anything like what\u2019s happened in the past two months in American politics: Women are registering to vote in numbers I\u2019ve never witnessed. I\u2019ve run out of superlatives to describe how different this moment is, especially in light of the cycles of tragedy and eventual resignation of recent years. This is a moment to throw old political assumptions out the window and to consider that Democrats could buck historic trends this cycle….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nAnd we should be fired up. You know when the Court murdered Roe v. Wade<\/a>, so many people said it will all go to the states now? Maybe the people will decide whether they want their state to keep reproductive rights legal? Look at Michigan, where citizens recently passed a measure to maintain abortion rights, and the legislature simply refused to allow it to proceed.<\/a><\/p>\n

Michigan election board rejects abortion rights initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Michigan elections board on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot….<\/p>\n

Michigan\u2019s 1931 law \u2014 which abortion opponents had hoped would be triggered by a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade in June \u2014 remains blocked after months of court battles. A state judge ruled Aug. 19 that Republican county prosecutors couldn\u2019t enforce the ban, saying it was \u201cin the public\u2019s best interest to let the people of the great state of Michigan decide this matter at the ballot box.\u201d…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nTrigger laws have gone into effect in three more states.<\/a> This is why we have to focus more clearly on elections for state legislators as well as on national offices.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, let’s listen to Jemele Hill. And then vote, and get everyone you know to vote as well.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m convinced an underlying reason for the anti-abortion push is because *some* men are panicked because *some* women realize being married + having children isn\u2019t as fulfilling as the brochure makes it seem. Women are choosing themselves and some of y\u2019all hate it. https:\/\/t.co\/KwMGi3ySrx<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n