Republicans downplay abortion ahead of elections

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By Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University Abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 24, 2024, protesting a near total ban that Arizona briefly had in place. Frederic J. Brown via Getty Images Each major election over the past two years has prompted the refrain: “Abortion is on the ballot.” That is certainly true of the upcoming presidential election and down-ballot races in November 2024. Sharp contrasts exist between Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump about reproductive rights. Trump frequently touts his success in appointing three of the Supreme Court justices who voted in June 2022 to overturn the federal constitutional right to abortion. Yet, as the election nears, Trump and others in the Republican Party have played down the abortion issue. Trump improbably claimed on Sept. 24, for example, that, if he’s elected, women “will no longer be thinking about abortion,” because the issue is now with the states. No one mentioned abortion during the public speeches at the Republican National Convention in July. Abortion rights and other reproductive health issues, meanwhile, were a central theme at the Democratic National Convention in August. The morning after the Democratic convention...

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