Democrats would probably never lose again if they publicly dropped support for abortion.
You simply can't convince the public that your party doesn't stand for things your members care deeply about.
From a pro-life perspective, "well they didn't make it easier to murder babies or bring it up much" is not compelling.
Similar story for lots of other unpopular issues, like the Civil Rights act.
Wait no. That's not what has happened.
Further, democratic voters are democrats because they support the policies that the democratic policy supports. Democrats suddenly being down with a federal ban on abortion isn't going to exactly get pro choice dems (the huge majority of their voting population) to run to the polls.
Dems tried the "actually we are right wing too" approach on immigration. Do people who hate illegal immigrants vote dem now? No.
you see how moral absolutes (don't) work?
well you saying this shows just how ignorant people are on pregnancy. I guess that's by design to pitch to people that "Abortion kills babies".
Paying lip service but not addressing that friction was a significant part of what killed the Harris campaign, IMO.
She had a bad hand needing to start out 6 months into an election cycle, and she played it poorly to boot. That's why this "we need to appeal to moderates/right wing" narrative is so frustrating. That's exactly what Harris did by trying to downplay Palestine/defend Israel and refusing to talk about the tensions in the job market. She established herself as "more of the same". That doesn't win votes in increasingly bad times.
