House GOP Closes Ranks on Abortion

“Republicans who support abortion rights have long been an endangered species in the House of Representatives. But next year, the rare breed will finally be extinct,” Politico reports.

“The retirements of Reps. Charlie Dent and Rodney Frelinghuysen mark the end of the line for abortion rights supporters in the Republican Conference. And there’s no GOP nominee in a competitive race who backs abortion rights this year, according to abortion interest groups and party officials, which will leave Congress more polarized on the issue than at any time since Roe v. Wade — all of it with a bruising Supreme Court nomination on the horizon.”