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> The Republican party is vastly more anti-abortion and anti-gun control now than in the past

The converse of that statement is true too. The Democratic Party is vastly more pro-abortion and pro-gun control than in the past.

The two parties mirror their rhetoric on those two issues intentionally. Its literally impossible for one party to criticize the other on them, as they are both chosen as firebrands issues for their base. So if the GOP moves to the extreme on one, they are the cause for the democrats to move to the opposite extreme on the same issue and vice versa.