{"id":46809,"date":"2023-10-19T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=46809"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:08:34","slug":"i-know-this-question-is-going-to-open-a-giant-can-of-worms-however","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/i-know-this-question-is-going-to-open-a-giant-can-of-worms-however\/","title":{"rendered":"I Know This Question is Going to Open a Giant Can of Worms, However\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Chuck Muth)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 You know, you people are the best.
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Your feedback is helping me more than you know.\u00a0 So I\u2019m going to ask your opinion on a critical issue: Abortion.
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It\u2019s clear, especially after last year, that Democrats are again going to laser focus on this issue in races in Nevada next year.\u00a0 The issue CANNOT be ignored by Republican candidates.
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Now, bear in mind I\u2019m asking this question from the perspective of a \u201cpurple\u201d district in a \u201cpurple\u201d state.
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If a Republican candidate is running in a solidly Republican district, they can probably take the position that life begins at conception and abortions should be banned totally – including for instances of rape, incest and the life of the mother \u2013 and still win.
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On the other hand, if you live in a solidly Democrat district, you probably CAN\u2019T take the position that late-term abortions are OK right up to the time of birth and win.\u00a0 Even most pro-choice voters find that too extreme.
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So the question is: At what point during a pregnancy do you set the limit?\u00a0 Six weeks?\u00a0 Fifteen weeks? \u00a0Twenty-six weeks?\u00a0 When a heartbeat is detected?\u00a0 Somewhere else?
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Think of it like this\u2026
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What\u2019s the speed limit on a given highway?\u00a0 On most highways in most states it\u2019s 55 mph.\u00a0 On some in others it\u2019s 65.\u00a0 On some in others it\u2019s 70.\u00a0 And in some states on some highways out west in the \u201cfreedom\u201d states, it\u2019s 80.
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There\u2019s no one-size-fits-all.\u00a0 There\u2019s no \u201cnational\u201d speed limit for every highway in every state.
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Well, thanks to the Supreme Court\u2019s reversal of Roe v. Wade last year, each state now can set its own limit, up to a point, on abortion.\u00a0 As it should be.
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Voters in Florida have since set the limit there at six weeks.\u00a0 Voters in Nevada, long ago, set the limit at 26 weeks.\u00a0 And legislators here can\u2019t change that.\u00a0 Only the voters can do so via a new ballot initiative.
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So here\u2019s my question to you\u2026
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Let\u2019s say someone wanted to put abortion back on the ballot in Nevada next year.\u00a0 Where would YOU set the \u201cspeed limit\u201d?
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Conception?
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Six weeks?
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Heartbeat?
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Fifteen weeks?
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Twenty-six weeks?
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No limit?
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Somewhere else?
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If Republicans in Nevada \u2013 especially in \u201cswing\u201d legislative districts \u2013 have any hope of winning races in competitive districts, they need to find some REASONABLE position on this issue that a MAJORITY of voters in that district will be comfortable with.
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Frankly, I\u2019m conflicted on this.\u00a0
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I honestly don\u2019t know what the abortion \u201cspeed limit\u201d should be in Nevada.\u00a0
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NOT from a moral standpoint, but as a political issue that often can decide whether a pro-life Republican or a pro-choice Democrat wins a race in a district where R\u2019s and D\u2019s are closely split.
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I know I\u2019m opening one helluva can of worms here.\u00a0 But we can\u2019t ignore this issue.\u00a0 It\u2019s costing conservatives some races they otherwise could and should win.
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And majorities get to lead.
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So help me out here.\u00a0 What do you think?\u00a0 Shoot your thoughts to\u00a0chuck@chuckmuth.com<\/a>.
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And bear in mind, I\u2019m still back in DC attending the Leadership Institute\u2019s \u201cCampaign Leadership College.\u201d\u00a0 And I won\u2019t have time to reply to everyone who sends me their opinion on this.
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But know that I will read each and every response and use it to help me help our candidates when I get back.
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Have I mentioned that you people are THE BEST?\u00a0 You\u2019re my sounding board.\u00a0 So\u2026thank you, thank you, thank you!
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7 Worst Habits of Highly Unelectable People<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Picking the wrong race<\/li>\n
  2. Picking the wrong district<\/li>\n
  3. Picking the wrong issues<\/li>\n
  4. Picking the wrong time<\/li>\n
  5. Picking the wrong consultants<\/li>\n
  6. Picking unnecessary fights with the media<\/li>\n
  7. Picking door-knocking over fundraising<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, publisher of Nevada News & Views, and founder of CampaignDoctor.com.\u00a0 You can sign up for his conservative, Nevada-focused e-newsletter at MuthsTruths.com.\u00a0 His views are his own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    (Chuck Muth)\u00a0\u2013 You know, you people are the best.\u00a0Your feedback is helping me more than you know.\u00a0 So I\u2019m going to ask your opinion on a critical issue: Abortion.\u00a0It\u2019s clear, especially after last year, that Democrats are again going to laser focus on this issue in races in Nevada next year.\u00a0 The issue CANNOT be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[748],"tags":[3466],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46811,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46809\/revisions\/46811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}