The politics on abortion have shifted, and after getting exactly what they wanted two years ago when Roe v. Wade was overturned, Republicans are still on defense and struggling to find a winning message.
One day after former President Donald Trump tried to dodge the issue and neutralize Democratic attacks by saying abortion will be decided by states, the resurrection of an 1864 law that will ban almost all abortions showed the position can boomerang politically on Republicans.
“I don’t think there’s a single Republican candidate in Arizona that was prepared for the fallout of this particular decision,” said Stan Barnes, a Republican consultant who previously served in Arizona’s state Senate.
Trump is trying to…
