It has been nearly two years since the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization left Republicans floundering. The abortion issue has long defined the GOP and cemented its standing as the moral political party. There are other issues of great concern, but from a conservative perspective, abortion tops them all. Given the magnitude of the topic, the Republican Party should have been better prepared for a post-Dobbs world. Instead, there is a lack of unity at the highest levels and continued electoral concerns. 

The end of Roe v. Wade was always a hope but never a goal to realize until President Donald Trump nominated and then saw the appointment of three new Supreme Court justices. The June 2022 victory that righted a legal and moral wrong is still a good thing. But it seems individual Republican voters and the party as a whole expected a different reality after the dust settled.