The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is forcing Republicans from state legislatures to Congress to the campaign trail to articulate more specifically what their opposition to abortion means, sometimes creating division within the party.
on the shift by campaigning on the issue and pushing for ballot measures in other states.
GOP politicians may begin to face pressure to satisfy their base’s most conservative anti-abortion opponents — they want total abortion bans — and the moderate or independent voter, who is more accepting of abortion at early points in the pregnancy and in extenuating circumstances. “That’s an ‘if,’” Walker said, telling reporters he won’t entertain such a hypothetical scenario “right now.”
But even among conservative Republicans, only 24% say abortion should be illegal in all cases; 60% of conservative Republicans said abortion should be illegal in most cases.
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