Commentary: One year after Dobbs created a political earthquake and rewrote many of the rules of modern politics, will leaders tune in and listen to the rising and evident chorus of female voters? If they don’t, they risk their own demise.
Opinion content—editorials, columns and guest commentaries—is created independent of news reporting and is exclusive to subscribers.People rally for abortion rights in Union Square in New York City on March 8, 2023. Gallup last year found that support for abortion rights was at an all-time high.handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022
Since Dobbs, chaos and confusion have reigned. Dozens of states have passed a wide array of restrictions and outright bans, both to abortions and to, a safe and effective abortion medication. There are dozens of legal challenges winding through the court system, some filed by women who nearly lost their lives because of the restrictions. The political landscape has fundamentally changed — elected leaders, especially Republicans, seem slow to catch up.
Many polls before and after the Dobbs decision have shown that large majorities of Americans support abortion access, and the decision and subsequent restrictions in the states may have increased that support. Gallup last year found that support for abortion rights was. Polls about access to mifepristone have been similarly consistent.
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