Republicans are in a pretty difficult spot.

A sizable chunk of Republican voters are adamantly against abortion, viewing it as murder and thus are unwilling to compromise on it. These people often support other Republican policies, but for many abortion is the ultimate issue. Some of them even oppose many Republican policies (I know a bunch of Catholics. Plenty of anticapitalist Catholics or one’s who support stronger social programs, vote Republican because of abortion. This demographic is why Louisiana gets some anti-abortion Democrats in office.)

To gain moderate voters, they have to alienate the very motivated anti-abortion voters. Alienating a sizable chunk of your voter base many of whom are reliable voters who vote in all elections, to gain new moderate voters, is a risky move.

Is it?

I think “you can’t show porn to kids” seems like something well within the authority of a state to make a law about, even if the implementation is hamfisted and ineffective.

My understanding is that porn would be considered obscenity, and obscenity is generally not protected by the first amendment, and can generally be regulated much more strictly.

Do you think the same way about physical media? Like, do you think we should be letting kids buy porn magazines? Or that it should be legal for someone to wait outside a school and hand kids porn as they walk home?