ATLANTA — A Republican debate for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday provided a striking example of how a draft ruling that would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion has upended campaign politics in Georgia.
Five of the six Republican candidates competing to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock invoked the yet-to-be-issued opinion published by Politico this week to lend urgency to their long-shot campaigns.
And four of the five Republican Senate candidates who attended the Atlanta Press Club debate said they backed a “total” abortion ban that includes cases of incest and rape.
