Freedom of Choice
The GOP’s Disjointed Abortion Stance
California Republican Mike Garcia works to outlaw abortion nationwide while publicly framing the issue as one about local control.
“As a physician, I have been in the room where there’s some difficult conversations happening. I don’t want the federal government involved with that at all. I want women, doctors, local political leaders”
- Dr. Oz
With 64% of Americans opposing the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse nearly 50 years of precedent was an electoral nightmare for the party that had pushed for it. Even in ruby-red Kansas, 59% of the electorate voted against a measure stating that there was no right to abortion in the state. For a politician like Mike Garcia who is seeking re-election in a state where a ballot proposition to guarantee abortion rights is enjoying the support of 69% of the voters, the Supreme Court decision was especially concerning.
For a solution to his problem, Garcia followed the lead of many other Republicans and framed the court’s decision not as an assault on women’s…
