This is as copy of a article about how abortion went from a none issue to the main dog whistle of the GOP
There was a time in the United States when abortion wasn't so political, but one conservative Christian man believed it could be. To him, the reproductive rights of women presented an opportunity. He dreamed of building a coalition — a powerful voting bloc that would help pull the Republican Party to the right. He needed an issue that would bring conservative Americans of Christian faiths together, something they could sell as a family value and that positioned the coalition as morally superior. Abortion could prove potent. And so, the conservative political strategist set about testing the theory, even proclaiming that when the "moral majority" had power, they would be able to "re-shape the nation". His name was Paul Weyrich and he warned the people in his movement were "radicals". Weyrich was planting these seeds in the 1970s and while he was playing a very long game, it seems his vision is now coming to pass. The so-called 'religious right...