Vulnerable Senate Dems campaign as last hope against abortion ban

The Democrats lost their hand in the Senate defense because of the Supreme Court majority opinion striking down the abortion law. The four Democratic senators running the cycle's most heated races are all against abortion rights.

It is an opportunity for some of the four to get off the back foot as they hammer their GOP opponents for opposing abortion. Can the Democratic Party sustain its message in the face of rising prices, increased border crossings and a volatile economy?

Democrats struggled to sell a 2016 campaign built around the GOP's blockade of their president's Supreme Court pick, though they say this time around the consequences of a conservative bench are no longer theoretical. Republicans are playing down the consequences. The issue is settled in the state, according to Laxalt, Nevada's former GOP attorney general.

After the court's final ruling, which is expected next month, Hassan is warning of an even more dire future. If the Supreme Court overturns the contraceptives law, New Hampshire or Congress could quickly restrict abortion access.

If my opponents get this seat, they will support a national abortion ban.

The state Senate President helped pass a 24 week abortion ban last year. The implications of striking down the law in New Hampshire that allows abortions in the first six months while banning late term and partial birth abortions in the last 12 weeks of pregnancy were minimized by Morse.

He said in a statement thatMaggie Hassan is the only one who is out of touch with late term and partial birth abortions.

Hassan and Masto said that their races will not be decided by abortion alone, but that an increase in turnout and enthusiasm will be vital to their political survival. The seats were won by small margins, with Hassan winning by about 1,000 votes and Cortez Masto winning by 2 percentage points.

Nevada and New Hampshire have the best abortion access rights in the country. In Georgia, where the issue is more complex, Warnock is positioning himself as a rock-ribbed defender of abortion rights. He suggested that the Senate should look into changing the threshold after the vote on codifying abortion fails.

Legislators have a responsibility to pass the Women's Health Protection Act.

Neither party has been able to get the 60 votes needed to pass abortion restrictions or abortion protections. The party has a problem with preserving abortion access on a national scale and striking down the law amounts to a giant leap backwards for the United States. He said it was too early to say if abortion or some other issue would dominate his campaign.

dire warnings of how the GOP would pursue federal abortion restrictions if they take back control of Washington in the future are being pushed back by Republicans. On Thursday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent out polling to make sure voters don't think they're siding with Democrats on abortion rights.

The country is not where the Democrats are, and abortion will not dominate the political landscape, said Rick Scott in an interview.

Democrats are focused on getting their incumbents re-elected in order to retain their majority in the Senate for another two years. They would argue that the loss of Kelly, Warnock, Cortez Masto or Hassan would make it more likely that Republicans will pass new abortion restrictions in the future. If Democrats suffer bad losses this year and in the future, the Republicans may be able to get a majority.

The easiest way for Democrats to keep the majority is to re-elect all four incumbents. There are only two Republican seats that are truly in play at the moment, those of retiring Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey and incumbent Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson.

One of Johnson's Democratic opponents, state treasurer Sarah Godlewski, filmed an ad in front of the Supreme Court arguing that Johnson is getting exactly what he wants in the case. The political ramifications of this thing are being overstated according to Johnson.

It is like 50% in Wisconsin. It has never been an issue for me in Wisconsin. This will be the first time it will come up.

The issue will come up frequently for the next six months if Democrats get their way. In places like New Hampshire and Nevada, Democrats don't think it's close to a majority issue.

New Hampshire is one of the most pro-choice states in the country, according to Sen. Shaheen. The stakes have never been higher, the Supreme Court is on the verge of reversing the decision to allow abortion.

Masto chaired the Democrats' campaign arm in the 2020 cycle, which earned them the majority, and he said that abortion rights will be a big issue.

I wouldn't underestimate the issue for women and men who support abortion rights in the country. Whether they voted in the past or not is an issue that crosses state boundaries.