Democracy Dies in Darkness

Hardline abortion laws are growing more unpopular — even on the right

Analysis by
Staff writer
Updated October 27, 2022 at 1:01 p.m. EDT|Published October 27, 2022 at 12:45 p.m. EDT
Antiabortion and abortion rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court on June 8. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer has changed the abortion debate in many ways. Mostly, Republicans have struggled to account for their hard-line positions now that they have the ability to enact them, and have retreated from those stances.

And perhaps the epitome of that dynamic is the sudden decline of the no-exceptions abortion opponent.