Yeah - gimmick is a good word. A lot of it has to do with fund-raising, too.
If abortion ever vanished as an issue the republicans would be distraught. It is so useful to them as an "issue" to energize their base (and suck money out of them) that the last thing they want are solutions.
If abortion ever vanished as an issue the republicans would be distraught. It is so useful to them as an "issue" to energize their base (and suck money out of them) that the last thing they want are solutions.