REFLECTIONS ON ABORTION POLITICS IN THE NEW RIGHT-WING AMERICA*

2024/01/01 by Ziad Munson · 1 voice
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Reproductive Health and Technologies #Legal Systems and Judicial Processes #Reproductive Health and Contraception

paper · doi:10.17813/1086-671x-28-4-515

openalex publication_date 2024/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

What lies ahead for the longstanding politics of abortion in the United States now that a constitutional right to abortion has ended and—more generally—conservative politics have been consumed by the rise of the MAGA movement led by Donald Trump? I contextualize the state of abortion politics today within the larger half-century history of the battle over the issue by identifying four stages of abortion politics. I then offer some observations on the key political maneuvers that made the overthrow of Roe v. Wade possible. Finally, I outline how the central questions for the future of abortion lie at the intersection of the pro-life movement, the Republican Party, and the MAGA movement.

Discussions

• From the historical battles to the current political climate, Ziad Munson analyzes the evolution of abortion politics in America. doi.org/10.17813/108... [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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