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Nationally it is, although you'd be surprised what proportion of that 50% are in favour... plenty of pro-life women down there.
Or into neighbouring states, at least until those states also enact similar measures.
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Relevant data from Pew polls conducted in April of this year.
Basically it's hardcore GOP politicians playing to their hardcore base (just like mask mandates, vaccines etc). Evangelicals, those lacking post secondary education, and the elders... and even then it's niche.
https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/...n-on-abortion/
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About two-thirds of college graduates (68%) say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, as do 61% of those with some college education. Those with a high school degree or less education are more evenly divided on the question: 50% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 47% say it should be illegal in all or most cases.
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Among adults under age 30, 67% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, as do 61% of adults in their 30s and 40s. Roughly half of those in their 50s and early 60s express support for legal abortion (53%); among those ages 65 and older 55% say the same.
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Majorities of both men and women express support for legal abortion, though women are somewhat more likely than men to hold this view (62% vs. 56%).
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To your point, there will be significant variations from state to state - but even Texas in 2014 was about 45/50 with the majority being anti-choice. I'd expect lower now as Trump has driven many non-lunatic conservatives out of the party.
https://www.pewforum.org/religious-l...tion/by/state/
IMO, short term it's basically a removal of women's reproductive rights, and all the horrific things that will trail from that.
Longer term? It's probably going to cost the GOP seats everywhere, but especially in Texas.