SAN JOSE, Calif. — Abortion has taken over the upcoming election, with Democratic candidates touting their pro-choice bona fides and “Roe, Roe, Roe Your Vote” signs popping up in yards as a rallying cry for progressives across the country.
The hot-button issue has buoyed Democrats’ hopes to stave off what earlier this year looked to be an oncoming red wave during the midterm elections with Republicans poised to take control of Congress as voters grew frustrated with an onslaught of troubling economic news.
But it was red-state Republicans’ attacks on reproductive rights that brought Democratic superstar Hillary Clinton to the Bay Area this week to stump for a ballot measure that polls show is almost a sure thing in deep blue California: Proposition 1.
