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The majority’s inclination toward upholding the Mississippi law, evident during oral arguments Wednesday.

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• The Supreme Court overturning or undermining Roe, which established that pregnant women have a constitutional right to choose to have an abortion, could derail Republican aspirations for the House and Senate in the 2022 midterm cycle, according to former Democratic consultant Christopher Hahn.

• The party in power has historically performed poorly in such elections and Democrats are defending small majorities.

• “The White House and the entire Democratic Party needs to treat any decision made by the court that reduces a woman’s right to choose as if the ‘Republican Court’ has destroyed choice in America,” Hahn told the Washington Examiner. “Make every Republican candidate across the nation answer for the court’s actions. Let them try to explain any nuance in the ruling.”

• “Democrats fail when their messaging requires explanation,” he said. “This case could give the Democrats a simple message that could motivate women, particularly younger women, to vote in record numbers.”

• Republicans are successfully appealing to many parents by empathizing with their concerns about school mask and vaccine policies, as well as the teaching of critical race theory.

• An example is Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s win last month in Virginia. But abortion access in states such as Mississippi and Texas, which has passed its own heartbeat law, combined with more tangible warnings regarding the perceived dangers of a conservative-dominated Supreme Court may undo Republican gains with the demographic.

• “A woman’s right to make our own health care choices will be a defining issue in the 2022 midterms, and for voters it will reinforce the stakes of protecting and expanding our Democratic Senate Majority with the power to confirm or reject Supreme Court justices,” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokeswoman Jazmin Vargas wrote in an email blast to reporters.

SOURCE: WASHINGTONEXAMINER