Politico: Republicans who support abortion rights are fighting for their political future

[brooklynite]

HORSHAM, Pa. — Pennsylvania lawmaker Todd Stephens is the kind of Republican who has always counted on support from Democrats to help win his seat in the statehouse.

But as he campaigns house to house in the Philadelphia suburb that he’s represented for more than a decade, one of the state’s last remaining Republicans who favors abortion rights is finding that his party’s record often looms larger than his own.

When doors open, he touts his votes against his colleagues’ attempts to restrict abortion and reminds constituents that the Democratic governor invited him to speak at an event on reproductive health this past summer. When no one answers, he hangs a leaflet around the doorknob that lists one of his top priorities as “ensuring women make their own healthcare decisions.”

That the Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s bid to unseat Stephens, a 12-year incumbent in a Philadelphia suburb, has focused squarely on abortion illustrates just how much the fall of Roe has upended political conventions.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/republicans-who-support-abortion-rights-are-fighting-for-their-political-future-00062625

[Demsrule86]

1. The problem is regardless of his opinion on abortion, he helps create a majority if he caucuses

with Republicans which he will. Thus, I would not vote for him...never. Having a majority is the most important thing at the moment.