The Republican Party has serious life and death issues

The United States Supreme Court. Just days ago, the Supreme Court declined to block a Texas law that bans abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy and empowers private citizens to sue anyone who helps a woman get an abortion after that time. The move is seen as the first salvo in what is likely to be a series of pitched battles on the issue between now and the 2022 midterm elections.

At last, some reporting on how the Texas law, which effectively bans most abortions, will affect the Republican Party’s electoral prospects.

Bloomberg says (paywall) that it could be bad news for the Republicans in terms of their standing with college-educated suburban voters.

The story adds that the Texas “law, and a possible reactive wave of abortion bans in other conservative states, risks driving away Americans who have stuck with Republicans because of economic issues just as the GOP begins its campaign to retake control of the House and Senate in the 2022 midterms”.

Well, exactly.

I have long wondered …