Analysis: Republicans who hailed the Supreme Court for sending the abortion issue back to the states have nonetheless co-sponsored federal bans.
was overturned, a poll suggests that remains the preferred approach — but Republicans have begun a noticeable movewas overturned a year ago found the base was largely in line with the federalist approach. Republican voters who approved of the Supreme Court’s decision said overwhelmingly,
, that politicians “should leave decisions on abortion restrictions up to the states” rather than “push for further restrictions on abortion nationwide.”has doubled, to 34 percentIt’s possible to oversell these numbers. The results reflect only Republicans who approve of the Supreme Court’s decision — about 7 in 10 — rather than all Republicans. So it amounts to a total of 23 percent of Republicans overall preferring a federal push to a state one.
And should the party continue to drift in favor of supporting federal restrictions, that could apply pressure on congressional Republicans and GOP presidential candidates to move in that direction.The GOP-controlled House has punted on taking up broad abortion restrictions, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy demurring on a question about federal legislation by saying “
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