Source: Politics<\/p>\n
For Republicans, the end of Roe v. Wade has gone from a cause for celebration to something they\u2019d rather not talk about.<\/p>\n
Since the Supreme Court\u2019s Dobbs decision in June 2022, the GOP has repeatedly paid a price electorally.<\/p>\n
Voters shot down anti-abortion measures in red states like Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, and Montana.<\/p>\n
And in the 2022 midterms the Dobbs decision clearly contributed to the party\u2019s lackluster results.<\/p>\n
Now on the presidential primary campaign trail, Republicans have been in disarray:<\/p>\n
Early in his campaign, Sen. Tim Scott couldn\u2019t figure out what he believed on the issue; Donald Trump has belittled Ron DeSantis\u2019s six-week ban in Florida; and then there\u2019s the general dodginess of Nikki Haley, who claims to be \u201cunapologetically pro-life\u201d but also thinks the right abortion policy is to \u201cfind consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n
The chaos has been dispiriting to the anti-abortion activists who helped engineer the Dobbs decision in the first place. And now they think they have a new political strategy to get Republicans out of their defensive crouch and to start winning again on this issue.<\/p>\n
The woman leading this effort is Marjorie Dannenfelser, the head of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, one of the most important institutions in the GOP firmament.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s known as the woman who killed Roe.<\/p>\n
Dannenfelser and her colleagues are plotting, financing, and staffing the Republican Party\u2019s counterattack on abortion. Playbook co-author and Deep Dive host Ryan Lizza sat down with her at SBA\u2019s Virginia headquarters this week, partly because she had some news she wanted to share about how and where anti-abortion activists are making their first big move.<\/p>\n