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Originally Posted by janmcn
Unfortunately for Mitt Romney, the damage to women's health issues has been done by the far-right republican legislatures across the country, and there's no way they are going to walk back those radical new laws they have passed. That's one reason why he's losing with women by 18%. Some other big reasons are the no vote by republicans on "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" and the no vote on the "Violence Against Women Act". No candidate can unring those bells.
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In addition, Mitt Romney has promised to defund Planned Parenthood and supports a personhood amendment which would essentially ban all birth control. He also supported the Blunt-Rubio amendment which would give all employers control over what healthcare a woman can receive.
The difference between 2008 and 2012 is democrats did not run an "Archie Bunker" type campaign alienating whole segments of the population: women, hispanics, African-Americans, gays and lesbians, seniors, and the poor.