ANALYSIS — The possibility that the Supreme Court will overrule Roe v. Wade — or severely restrict the right to legal abortion — has Democrats hoping progressive and abortion-rights voters will be energized by the decision, thereby improving the party’s prospects for November.
There is no question that abortion is a more salient issue now than it was just a couple of weeks ago, shortly before Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s leaked draft opinion overruling Roe.
But with six months to go until the midterms, we can’t possibly know what other issues will surface in the months ahead — issues that could either overshadow abortion rights or increase the salience of the issue.
