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It's a little early for that, IMHO. Unless they were worried the final ruling wouldn't become public until after the midterms, I rather suspect they would have
by zdragnar 5y ago
It's a little early for that, IMHO. Unless they were worried the final ruling wouldn't become public until after the midterms, I rather suspect they would have preferred an August or late September release to cover up their poor polling.
OTOH, if I were motivated to prevent this from affecting the midterms, I'd want it out as soon as possible to let people blow off their steam and for the news cycle to move onto other issues before the campaign season begins again.
Although support for late term abortions is quite low, support for Roe v. Wade itself is quite high (insofar as that it legalizes abortion, in general). As an election season issue, overturning Roe v. Wade hurts the republicans more than it helps the democrats.