Pressure groups and abortion in the USA

A quick posting to highlight the impact that abortion is having on the Republican party. According to this article at Salon.com, the issue can be seen as partly to blame for some of the losses the party suffered in the 2012 election cycle.

Probably the most useful item from the point of view of a student of A2 politics, and Unit 3C is the impact that a pressure group calling itself the "Susan B. Anthony List" had on the selection of Republican candidates in the 2012 election.

As I am on the subject of Pressure Groups, the Economist magazine's Democracy in America blog discusses Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg's new pressure group, "FWD.us", which is campaigning to change the rules about immigration.

As AJB and I repeatedly emphasise, it's important to have up-to-date examples for the exam.

[Picture Credit - Wikimedia Commons & The Economist]