But the argument based on the spirit of the
constitution of democratic countries is a separate argument, it doesn't depend on there being any net benefits to society or personal health.
When someone is elected in a questionable election,
leaders of democratic countries who want positive relations with the country in question will normally wish them a successful term, express hope for future cooperation, or some similar formulation.
Under neo-liberalism it's become quite clear that we can drown in proceduralism — there's no problem keeping people busy with paperwork and accountability, or in the case of deliberative democrats for example, we can have important debates about how to redraw and then defend the
borders of a democratic country legitimately — but if all those things take up all our time, we'll look up from our papers and our borders one day, and see that there isn't anything left to fight over.
In an otherwise illuminating editorial, it is asserted that «
of all democratic countries, the U.S. is far away the most permissive on abortion.»