AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans have led the charge to pass laws to restrict abortion for nearly a quarter-century, but until recently, federal courts let the procedure continue, striking down laws that impinged too much on what was for 49 years a constitutional right.
Legislation on the subject appeased social conservatives, who constitute an important part of the GOP base. There wasn’t much political downside. Much of the time, the new law didn’t alter reality, at least for women of means with health coverage other than Medicaid.
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe vs. Wade, though, the free shots on goal are over. Republicans have caught the car they chased for decades. What will they do now?
