Political Parties Of Abortion

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9. There are several issues that have become clear partisan issues and have driven the group-party linkage. Without a doubt the biggest of these issues is abortion. Other issues are arguably just as important, if not more, but this is one of the most publicized issues, if not the most publicized. Global warming is more of an up and coming issue in this category. Abortion has been controversial since it’s legal inception in the infamous case of Roe v. Wade. Stances of “Pro-Choice” and “Pro-Life” are some of the two key descriptions in the two dominant political parties. As discussed in class, in the 1990s and earlier it was not necessarily uncommon for a Democrat to go against his/ her party beliefs and be Pro-Life or slightly less common,