Article 612PT After Roe, are Republicans willing to expand the social safety net?

After Roe, are Republicans willing to expand the social safety net?

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Chris Stein in Washington
from US news | The Guardian on (#612PT)

The party has shown little enthusiasm to help those affected by unplanned pregnancies - is anything likely to change?

Republicans across the United States cast the supreme court's decision last month that allowed states to ban abortion as a victory for life". Left unsaid was the quality of life that families and mothers set to be left dealing with unplanned pregnancies might have.

For years, the Republican party has pushed to ban a procedure that is mostly sought out by people who are poor, while showing much less enthusiasm for efforts to permanently expand the country's social safety net. Critics have labeled the party's stance as caring a lot politically about unborn fetuses, but losing interest in them when they are born as American citizens.

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