Reichsminister Doktor Goebbels wrote:

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

It's true that the unwashed masses tend to be "against abortion" in some vague way, but would never put any teeth behind their "eww gross" reaction. This whole 5 years with no exceptions thing is definitely not going to go down well with the nation at large, and I suspect that even filthy ignorant South-Dekotans will end up feeling pretty negative about it.

Whether pro-life advocates would actually stand behind their talk isn't relevant to whether it's democratic or not. From early in the 20th Century until the late 1960s conducting abortions was a crime in all 50 states. When Roe was handed down, abortion was legal on demand in 4 states and available with various qualifications in 13 others, while it was still highly restricted in the remaining states. This regime was a product of voter choice, mostly through state legislature elections, but also through a handful of referenda. Then nine men chosen at the whim of president, including one appointed during the FDR administration, stepped in and decided the people weren't entitled to make the decision.