WASHINGTON — Republicans are widely expected to take their first House majority in a post-Roe world next year, encountering a legal landscape conducive to tighter federal restrictions on abortion.
Previous GOP majorities have eagerly embraced the goal and repeatedly passed bills to federally ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy only to see those proposals blocked by Senate Democrats.
Republicans in the Texas congressional delegation rejoiced at Roe’s fall, but many are now downplaying the prospects for federal legislation next year and instead say the issue is up to state legislators.