Thorny Crime Problem Plagues Mayoral Races Coast to Coast
From San Francisco to D.C. local officials are facing tough questions from voters about rising crime.
According to no less an authority than California’s Governor Gavin Newsom, California politics and policies are the, “Antidote for America.”
Some progressives might certainly agree, especially in wake of the Supreme Court’s Friday decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The controversial move, which has riled progressives to a fury, thrilled conservatives and left many independents and moderates wondering if they’ll ever feel completely at home in either major political party, kicks the question of abortion back to each individual state to decide.
Each state will now, according to its democratically and duly elected representatives, set a balance between abortion access and restrictions.
This makes sense to some, who point out that the same is true of members of the European Union. Each EU nation sets its own rules for abortion; some nations have much stricter abortion restrictions than the U.S. post-Roe, some have fewer restrictions. Very few are completely unrestricted- abortion on-demand, for any reason, at any time.
In many ways, allowing U.S. states to make their own rules about abortion is in keeping with the European…