Are Republicans Only Just Pretending to Fight Over Abortion?

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3. I think it's a real fight

I think it’s a real fight. I think there are blocks of Republicans who’d like access to abortion (at least for themselves) even if they try to cater to the anti-abortion block and that block’s voters. The trouble is that now that the Dobbs decision has gone through, the non-fanatics are having to face an empowered anti-abortion block that is going to force its will on the rest of the Republican Party and won’t take “no” for an answer.

IMO, some of the Republicans who voted for anti-abortion bills before Dobbs but aren’t serious about banning it have realized that they’ve created an electoral crisis: they know that a lot of non-Republicans oppose a ban and are rapidly turning sour on the Republican Party. They know there’s a crisis, but they’re stuck on a high-speed train with tight curves and have lost control of the brakes and throttle.

So, yeah, there’s division. But I don’t sympathize with them one tiny bit.