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The "tyranny of the majority" is a fundamental, ineluctable aspect of democratic systems. The majority gets to decide what the rules are and can impose those rules on the minority.
All that aside,the majority of Americans have always believed -
"No, the majority of Americans do not believe that abortion should be banned. Data from the Pew Research Center shows that about 60% of U.S. adults believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
General Public Views
Support for Legality:....Roughly 60% to 64% of people say abortion should be lawful in all or most situations.
Support for Bans:.;;;;;''About 37% to 38% of people say it should be illegal in all or most situations.
Total Bans:................. Only a small minority—around 9% to 17% according to Gallup—believe that abortion should be completely banned
.................................... with no exceptions whatsoever.
So we're not dealing with a belief that a majority should decide what is moral, but that they (a minority) should decide what is best.
They would argue that there's no avoiding it. That you shove your morality down their throats all the time.
I have to deal with whatever the agreed upon morality is in the area I'm living in. Abortion doesn't bother me directly. but it is a significant lowering of women's freedom by religionists, so opposing the limitations on their freedoms, helps protect mine - as the poem goes.
I'm aware that my view of religion is considered a modern liberal view, but I had that view even when I was considered conservative. The Muslim religion seems to require them also to live their religion. And I have no problem with someone coming to my front door and wanting to witness their faith, I don't let them in, but I recognize their religion requires it.
But I do have a problem with a minority wanting to shove their morality down the throats of the majority and while I'm sure something in the bible can be twisted to justify that, don't recall Jesus having that attitude.