Republicans Mull Federal Abortion Restrictions Ahead Of Midterms

In anticipation of retaking the bulk in November, House Republicans are internally discussing whether or not to pursue a national-level abortion ban or to depart restrictions to the states.

The Hill:
House Republicans Weigh National Abortion Restrictions 
House Republicans are weighing what sort of national-level abortion ban laws to pursue in the event that they win the House majority subsequent 12 months, with a 15-week ban or additional on the desk. But at the same time as they cheer the Supreme Court overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights invoice, GOP congressional leaders have made few guarantees on particular measures they’d pursue. Some Republicans advocate leaving abortion restrictions to the states. (Brooks, 7/7)

Mother Jones:
This Is The Republican Roadmap For Eradicating Reproductive Rights 
Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s resolution demolishing the constitutional proper to an abortion, Republicans have signaled that they plan to take additional motion to restrict, if not eradicate, abortion rights by imposing federal restrictions. You don’t want a crystal ball to glimpse their sport plan in the event that they acquire management of Congress and the White House. You merely have to take a look at the laws GOP lawmakers have launched over the previous few years. Together, these payments would quantity to a near-total abortion ban. Here is a non-exhaustive listing. (Vesoulis, 7/1)

NBC News:
Abortion Politics Complicate Republican Midterm Message To Voters
Republicans are torn between their coverage objectives and political ones within the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, with activists’ rush to capitalize on the ruling working into the political actuality that abortion rights stay widespread in lots of this 12 months’s midterm battlegrounds. “I don’t suppose this alters the midterm benefit for Republicans due to Biden’s financial woes,” stated former Virginia Republican Rep. Tom Davis. “But in a cycle that’s all about turnout, it’s a internet profit for Democrats. Angry voters vote.” (Seitz-Wald and Allen, 7/6)

More backlash towards the Supreme Court ruling —

Pew Research Center:
Majority In U.S. Disapprove Of Supreme Court Abortion Decision Overturning Roe V. Wade 
A majority of Americans disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade resolution, which had assured a constitutional proper to an abortion for almost 50 years. Public assist for authorized abortion stays largely unchanged since earlier than the choice, with 62% saying it must be authorized in all or most circumstances. (7/6)

Politico:
Biden’s Court Commission Appointees: We Told You So On Expanding The Court
Long earlier than the Supreme Court rescinded abortion rights, gun management and environmental rules, President Joe Biden commissioned a physique of lecturers and judicial consultants to check the construction and composition of the nation’s excessive courtroom. The suggestions issued by that bipartisan fee had been reasonable in scope, specializing in issues of transparency and ethics. Ultimately, they had been brushed apart, ignored by a president largely immune to large-scale reforms. Half a 12 months later, among the members who known as for that daring motion are saying, I instructed you so. (Daniels, 7/7)

The Hill:
Petition Calling For Clarence Thomas Removal From Supreme Court Gets 1M Signatures
An on-line petition that requires the elimination of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has attracted greater than 1 million signatures. … The petition description cited Thomas’s vote to overturn Roe v. Wade as reasoning for his elimination. “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—who sided with the bulk on overturning Roe—made it clear what’s subsequent: to overturn excessive courtroom rulings that set up homosexual rights and contraception rights,” the petition learn. (Oshin, 7/6)

San Francisco Chronicle:
Dianne Feinstein Supports Abortion Rights — But Still Won’t Say If She’d End The Filibuster To Make Them Law
President Biden conceded Wednesday that Democrats “don’t have the votes to vary the filibuster” to codify abortion rights into legislation within the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The listing of Senate Democrats who don’t assist lifting the rule that enables a minority of members to dam laws not solely consists of perennial opponents Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. It seems to incorporate California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (Garofoli, 7/6)

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