Vulnerable Republicans Take a Political Risk With Abortion Vote

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The Republican proposal would overturn a Defense Department policy put in place after the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion last year, setting off a rush by some states to enact curbs and bans on the procedure.
42% : In uniting his party behind an annual defense bill loaded with social policy restrictions, including on abortion, Speaker Kevin McCarthy scored a short-term victory that could put his majority in peril.
41% : "This wasn't a bill about abortion; it was about taxpayers paying for travel for military members for elective procedures."
40% :Some more mainstream Republicans sought to justify their votes by arguing that they were not voting against abortion or transgender health care -- just against government funding for it.

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