Let us use the party ID in 2020 where 29%, 30%, and 39% were republicans, democrats, and independents, respectively, to figure out the number of voters who think abortion should be legal under ANY circumstance or who are against abortion or against abortion on demand). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 245 million eligible voters in 2020. Combined with the composition voters based on their view on the legality of abortion voters given the graph above, then there are 167.6 million voters (68.4% of total voters) who are against abortion or abortion on demand. This means a solid majority of American voters do not think abortion should be legal at any circumstances. 

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However, the way the Democrats are operating politically is always or generally by appeasing the minority at the expense of the majority. Assume for the sake of argument that their intent is non-political and noble, that is to protect or promote the rights of the minority groups.  Unfortunately, in doing so they also violate or deny the basic rights of the majority. With respect to abortion, the compromise or sensible solution should be abortion is legal, rare, and safe with emphasis on the last two aspects. But the dominant position of the Democratic party leadership and activists is “abortion is on demand” which includes late term abortion.

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For instance, Kamala Harris has voted against legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and in support of late-term abortions. In 2019 and 2020, she voted to refuse protections for babies born alive after an abortion.

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In May 2015, the near party-line of 242-184 vote, Republicans in the House passed a bill that banned 20-week abortion.  The then House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, called the bill "the most pro-life legislation to ever come before this body."

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The bill still permitted abortions for minors who were victims of incest if the assault is reported to police or government agencies serving targets of child abuse. Republicans named the legislation the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, citing what they said is evidence that fetuses at 20 weeks can feel pain.

"It's time to open our eyes and allow our consciences to catch up with our technology," said Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., the bill's chief sponsor.

Abortion rights advocates say the measure violates women's privacy and cited doctors' groups like the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which has gathered evidence that fetal pain is unlikely until weeks later.

"You want to talk about pain? Let's talk about the agony of a woman who's raped and again violated by unnecessary government intrusion," said Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla.

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Of course, politicians rarely think with their head. A woman who was raped and then became pregnant would not keep her pregnancy until 20 weeks before she decided to do abortion. But what happened was Democratic politicians caved to the hardline abortion advocates.

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It was not surprised that the Democrat killed the bill in the senate.  The motion in the senate, which needed 60 votes to advance, failed 54-42. Only 3 out of 48 Democratic senators voted in support of the motion. Obama himself had threatened to veto the bill should it arrive on his desk.

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Ironically although it’s still in line with the default position of Democratic leadership that promote the demand of the minority at the expense of majority, based on statistics from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of 730,000 abortions in 2011, only 1.4% were performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

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Prussian Otto Von Bismarck once said that “Politics is the art of the possible.” A seemingly unsolvable problem can be solved politically. The key to a prospective solution is a compromise.

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A compromise is a willingness of two or more parties which have competing interests or ideologies to reach across the aisle because they are bound by the greater good of the country. A compromise requires two things. One, an acceptance of a “no pain no gain” principle. Which means one must give up something in order to gain something else. Two, when given the last choice, the interest of the country trumps that of the political party.