Analysis: In Alabama, the GOP goes big on overturning Roe v. Wade. It could regret it.
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 15 at 12:26 PM For years, antiabortion advocates have tried to chip away at the Roe v. Wade decision incrementally.
Overturning Roe could open the door to a national abortion ban. Justice Stephen G. Breyer seemed to worry about that prospect this week, after the Supreme Court voided another of its precedents. “Today’s decision can only cause one to wonder which cases the Court will overrule next,” Breyer wrote in his dissent.
Historically, Americans have strongly supported modest increases in abortion restrictions. Roe effectively legalized abortions up to around the 24th week of pregnancy. But when the Republican-led U.S. House in 2013 voted to ban virtually all abortions after 20 weeks, it met with broad approval. A Quinnipiac University poll in 2014 showed that 60 percent of Americans were in favor of the legislation, while 33 percent opposed it.
There was an argument that the incremental approach could be met with public approval. This approach is far from doing that, and Democrats are already moving to nationalize the Alabama GOP’s effort. It’s not difficult to see them making this a centerpiece of their appeals to suburban women voters.
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