Mitch McConnell Acknowledges a National Abortion Ban Is “Possible” if Roe Is Overturned

Last Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked whether he would try to pass a national abortion ban if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, as it appeared poised to do, according to the leaked draft opinion that had been publicized the night before. The Kentucky lawmaker dodged the question, insisting that the takeaway from the SCOTUS draft was not the obliteration of abortion protections it forecasted but “the fact that the draft was leaked”—a fixation for many Republican lawmakers over the week. “You need, it seems to me, a lecture to concentrate on what the news is… Read Full Article