Micheal isi'm sure remember, the abomacare debate unleashes a flurry of right wing activism and helps give rise in fuel to the tea party. So what changes for the pro life movement after that to e ally get them back on track? Well, you have something of a shotgun marriage between the tea party, who are these fiscal conservatives, and more traditional republicans,. conservative strategists like karl rove hatch a plan to use the two thousand ten mid terms to take control of state houses. But they also recognize another issue, which means there's a census, which means that there's going to be redistricting.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the court’s conservative majority argued it was simply handing the question of abortion to the states and their voters to decide for themselves.
But in reality, the court was ensuring that many states, from Arizona to Ohio, would immediately ban the procedure without much debate, because their legislatures are now dominated by hard-line Republicans. Today, we tell the story of how those Republican legislators achieved that dominance.
Guest: Kate Zernike, a political reporter for The New York Times.
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