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Except polls have consistently shown that a clear majority of Americans support legal abortion, and did not want Roe v. Wade overturned. It was only, as you put it, a fringe portion who wanted it overturned.
So first off let me acknowledge I was off on my earlier number, but no so far that my point falters.
Historically, over the past 40 years a third of the country has wanted to see Roe v Wade over turned, and typically half to approaching 2/3rds of republicans. So while not a 50/50 split in the public, it was still a pretty sizable amount. And while the party hadn't been universally in support, a majority of that party has been in support of it for nearly half a century.
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Compare that to matters of contraception like Condoms, IUDs, and the pill. Only 10% of the country think condoms or the pill should be banned, and less than 20% feel that way about IUDs. Within the republican party itself, the numbers aren't too far off from that as well. Even when you go to plan B, which is much more controversial than typical “contraception devices”, it still has less opposition than Roe did and nearly 2/3rds of republicans don't even support banning that.
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Again I state, comparing the view on abortion and Roe to the notion of banning all contraception items is an apples to oranges comparison. There was strong support within one of the two major political parties to overturn Roe, to the point it was actively part of presidential campaign pitches. That is not the case with banning birth control…its a fringe movement that has no significant support nor no significant national presidential level proponent