NPR’s McCammon: Much of the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Led by Women

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McCAMMON: "I think it’s more than a handful. I mean, much of the anti-abortion movement is led by women. We saw, at least in 2016 — I would have to check the data for 2020, but over half of white women in 2016 voted for Trump. I’m not saying they’re all Christian nationalists, but I don’t think it’s a small number of women. You know, you could talk about the reasons for that, but the bottom line is that women are underrepresented in American politics today. But some of the women leading these movements are people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who herself — who is a self-described Christian nationalist. So, I think it depends on the woman and it depends on the part of the country that you’re talking about. But, you know, you make a good point. Women remain underrepresented and that may be why — but at the same time, we’ve also seen work by the religious right for many, many years, and the Republican Party, to build infrastructure in state legislatures.”