The Abortion Ban Backlash Is Starting to Freak Out Republicans

NYT OPINION: The Abortion Ban Backlash Is Starting to Freak Out Republicans
By Michelle Goldberg
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 7, 2023 at 03:00AM

But their voters won’t let them pivot to moderation.

After the Republican Party’s disappointing performance in the 2022 midterms, fueled in large part by a backlash to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Republican National Committee recommitted itself to anti-abortion maximalism.
A resolution adopted at the R.N.C.’s winter meeting in January urges Republican lawmakers “to pass the strongest pro-life legislation possible.” Addressing their party’s poor showing in November, it said that Republicans hadn’t been aggressive enough in defending anti-abortion values, urging them to “go on offense in the 2024 election cycle.”
The 11-point loss of the Republican-aligned candidate in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election on Tuesday has influential conservatives rethinking this strategy. “Republicans had better get their abortion position straight, and more in line with where voters are, or they will face another disappointment in 2024,” said a Wall Street Journal editorial.

Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/opinion/abortion-rights-wisconsin-elections-republicans.html

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