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An NBC news poll from June shows that 61% of all voters disapproved with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe.

And this issue didn't just register in polls that actually swayed elections.

Just last month in Ruby Red Ohio, voters sided with defenders of abortion rights.

In Wisconsin earlier this year, a winning candidate's pro-choice message helped her flip the

balance of the state Supreme Court.

In the Republican stronghold of Kansas, doesn't get much more Republican stronghold

than that. Voters chose to protect abortion rights in their state. And of course in the 2022

midterm elections, the Republican Party vastly underformed expectations. There was no red wave,

largely because of their opposition to reproductive rights. Now, facing another major election, the GOP is in a bit of a pickle, and they know it.

They're even meeting behind closed doors to discuss it.

According to new reporting from NBC, Republican strategists are exploring a shift away from pro-life messaging on abortion

after consistent election day losses for the GOP when reproductive

rights were on the ballot. The reporting details a closed-door meeting this past week where Senate

Republicans were presented with poll results that showed the term pro-life no longer resonated

with voters. No kidding. Senator Josh Hawley actually said this with a straight face.

Many voters think pro-life means you're for no exceptions in favor of abortion ever.

A little memo to Mr. Holly. In Missouri, which is the state you represent, abortion law makes

no exceptions for rape or incest. no exceptions for rape or incest.

Right.

But they don't seem to be wrapped up in these pesky little details of the actual impact of the policy

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