Republicans are coming to the awkward realization they may have to talk about abortion

Republicans got what they wanted: The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Now they have to deal with the consequences, and they’re less happy about that.

The political consequences, that is. If they’re upset about a 10-year-old rape victim being forced to cross state lines for an abortion, or a woman forced to wait until a miscarriage threatens her life to get treatment, Republicans aren’t showing it beyond rote expressions of sympathy backed by absolutely no action. But how to talk about their anti-abortion stances when voters are angry about the court decision they paved the way for and the punitive abortion bans they’ve passed in many states? That’s more troubling for them.

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