There has been a backlash, even in the most conservative states, to restrictions. After a flood of women registered to vote in deeply conservative Kansas after the Supreme Court’s decision, for instance, the state rejected a proposal to remove the right to abortion from its Constitution.
In trying to balance his party’s competing factions, Mr. Graham risked angering both — and giving Democrats a new opening to paint Republicans as extremists weeks before the midterm elections.
Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said in a statement on Tuesday in response to Mr. Graham’s bill that “Republicans in Congress are focused on taking rights away from millions of women.”
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While the legislation is less restrictive than some of the most hard-line abortion bans, it would roll back access in some Democratic-led states that have laws protecting it. And it left no question that, if Republicans regain control of the Senate in November, at least some of them plan to pursue the kind of national abortion ban that Mr. McConnell and others have previously said was unlikely.
“If we take back the House and the Senate, I can assure you we’ll have a vote on our bill,” Mr. Graham said, adding that he had not discussed his legislation with Mr. McConnell.
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