Come Nov. 3, voters will head to the polls for the midterm elections. Republicans are anxious. President Donald Trump is polling poorly, and Democrats sense they can end the GOP’s majority in Congress. With so much at stake, then, there is little GOP interest in risky policy campaigns. This reticence is especially apparent on the abortion issue. 

Democrats are still fuming over the June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which saw the Supreme Court overturn the Roe and Casey decisions. The Dobbs decision has transformed abortion laws across the United States. Despite claims from the Left, however, abortion has not gone away. Medication abortions have quickly become a preferred method, especially for those living in more restrictive states. But while the Left wonders what the future holds for abortion, Republicans seem eager to tiptoe around the problem entirely.