Why is she a "liberal", and why does she vote Democrat, if she feels like that? The only explanation I can think of is that she is pro-abortion, and that one issue supersedes everything else.
I think so, pretty much. There are a lot of people out there who won;t vote Republican for similar reason, but in general hold views much more in line with Republican ideas or conservative positions.
But, they love abortion or hate Christians and that blinds them to their own prejudices.
The net effect, I'm afraid, is that Defense Of Abortion Rights has been set up in our country as an alternative (and highly intolerant and puritanical)
religion. As long as a person toes the line and adheres to the Defense Of Abortion Rights belief system, they can be a bloodsucking monster but still count on 20-30% of the vote (their co-religionists). Meanwhile someone can be the most decent person on earth but if they do not adhere to the Abortion Rights religion, they are treated as an infidel and scum not worthy of drawing breath.
It's not a healthy situation, for any nation.