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- Right-wing women. When the Supreme Court overturned women’s right to an abortion, pundits galore predicted that it would mobilize more liberal women. Now that the dust has settled after the 2022 midterm elections, it is conservative women who seem to be emerging stronger.
Across the board, female representation at federal and state levels of government has broken records, marking progress for women in politics. According to a 2022 post-mortem compiled by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, women serving in the U.S. Congress have reached a new high, with 149 women holding office. Of them, 106 are Democrats, 42 are Republicans, and one is independent.
