From left to right: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. Republican candidates continue to be pressed on abortion rights on the campaign trail. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Scott Olson/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Perhaps no issue is thornier for the 2024 Republican presidential primary candidates than abortion.
Republicans widely cheered the 2022 Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, that overturned Roe v. Wade. But since then, they have found that going too far on abortion restrictions can be a political liability.
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