Aka, propaganda doesn't actually exist. At the very least, my team doesn't do it.
This myopia is a great shortcoming of democrats (of the last 20 years—the party used to be savvier in the past), because it leads them to believe that politics is about lecturing and badgering, instead of building coalitions of people who agree more than they disagree.
"There are no wedge issues - propaganda doesn't actually exist. At the very least, my team doesn't do it."
List of countries with same or more restrictive laws for abortion when compared with Texas
Europe - None
Asia - Afghanistan, iraq, syria, Yemen, Burma, Papua new Guinea, Bangladesh
Africa - Somalia, Mali, Malawi, south Sudan, Congo, Niger, Nigeria, Madagascar.
America - Venezuela, Haiti, Suriname, Paraguay, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, tiny Caribbean islands.
Your use of the phrase "seeing as how it’s illegal in two dozen countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa" would have been a great example of propaganda, especially considering that no country in Europe is as restrictive as Texas. Especially, leading with "Europe,..." instead of leading with " barely 2 dozen non European countries across the 200+ countries in the world".
But as we all know wedge issues and propaganda don't exist. So, my previous paragraph can actually be deleted.
Calling abortion a “wedge issue” leads you to thinking about it the wrong way. Sure, democrats say abortion is an unimportant distraction the GOP likes to trot out—but only insofar as everyone unilaterally accepts their position on it. They certainly didn’t treat it that way when Roe was repealed.
There’s no “wedge issues.” The electorate cares about what it cares about. Parties need to triangulation on positions that keep their coalition together, and avoid positions that allow the other party to divide their coalition. It’s just math.