As the left tries to stay united on opposing Texas' abortion law, its different factions are at odds over a critical word: 'women'
When Texas last week became the first state in nearly 50 years to ban abortions early in pregnancy, President Joe Biden, senior Democrats in Congress and the liberal members of the Supreme Court swiftly condemned the move, with Biden calling the law “an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights” and Speaker Nancy Pelosi declaring the high court’s refusal to block it “a disrespect of all women.
The diverging language is complicating the left’s efforts to remain united on abortion rights and take on Republicans intent on banning the procedure, while drawing national attention to a fight that has long played out in private. And it’s pitting the Democratic Party’s advocacy wing against its political establishment, each of which believes it has the best strategy for protecting access to abortion.
But the older generation in government and in some advocacy groups has resisted this shift, fearful of alienating potential supporters and provoking an even bigger backlash from the right. Old habits also die hard, even for those who want to be inclusive, and so much of the language in the current legal fight has been baked in for decades. The network of clinics suing Texas, whose president met with Vice President Harris on Thursday, is called Whole Woman’s Health. The bill Democrats plan to bring to the floor that would prevent states from banning abortion is the Women’s Health Protection Act.
Yet Boxer conceded that while she views the abortion bans primarily as an affront to women, she’s open to arguments that it also affects others.The generational divide over these terms is also cleaving the Democrats currently on Capitol Hill. Some of Congress’ younger members, including Reps.
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