The GOP’s newfound abortion dilemma on rape and incest

The Supreme Court is apparently poised to unleash Pandora’s box upon the 2022 midterm elections, delivering Republicans the overturning of Roe v. Wade they have long sought — but which perhaps serves the party better as a political aspiration than a realized goal.

A question we’ve asked before is: What happens when the GOP becomes the proverbial dog that catches that car? What happens if and when the court overturns a landmark precedent that Americans support 2 to 1 — a move that even the author of the leaked draft opinion, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., hinted might be unpopular?