Abortion has since served as a litmus test for every Republican politician and Supreme Court nominee. As author and professor Kristin Du Mez explains, “Abortion has proved to be effective not only in forming a coalition, but also in giving the entire conservative agenda a moral foundation—or moral veneer, depending on one’s perspective. For many evangelicals who grew up in Christian communities from the 1980s on, promoting abortion rights is unthinkable. Thus, voting for Democrats is also unthinkable. This contributes to a sense where anything Republicans promote is seen as ‘moral’ and
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