If, as expected, the U.S. Supreme Court decides as early as next month to overturn Roe v. Wade, just how quickly Republican-dominated legislatures will act to restrict abortion and how far they will go to eliminate the procedure is uncertain.
But recent rhetoric from state officials and events in state capitols offer some clues.
GOP officials in at least eight states — Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina and South Dakota — have called for special legislative sessions to consider new abortion restrictions since May 3, the day Politico leaked a preliminary high court opinion overturning Roe, the 49-year-old decision that guarantees the right to abortion.
