US Politics

US abortion restrictions could prove to be election albatross for Republicans

Unintended consequences following the overturning of Roe V Wade are causing a worrying dip in the GOP’s poll ratings

Abortion rights advocates rally outside the US Supreme Court speaking out against abortion pill restrictions. Picture: AFP via Getty

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe V Wade last June, ending the constitutional protection of abortion rights and allowing the 50 US states to regulate abortion rights as they wished, an inevitable cascade of legal chaos immediately ensued.

Now adding to the chaos and uncertainty is a legal face-off where two top judges in two different states have reached opposite conclusions about the abortion medication drug Mifepristone. That the cultural war that has ripped ...