Are Republicans Preparing To Moderate on Abortion?

‘Some Republicans are saying that abortion restrictions with no exceptions is their party’s version of defund the police.’

AP/Jose Luis Magana, file
Abortion-rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court June 25, 2022. AP/Jose Luis Magana, file

Cognizant of polling that suggests a possible electoral backlash in November, Republican leaders are beginning to back away from earlier hardline positions on abortion, even as leaders in the states go in the other direction.

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