Abortion an 'urgent' mobilizer to the polls as candidates seek middle ground
Dr. Kristyn Brandi was a regular voter who otherwise wasn’t particularly politically active until 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down abortion rights in a landmark decision known as Dobbs.
Since then, as states have increasingly restricted or even banned the procedure, Brandi — an Englewood obstetrician-gynecologist who provides abortions — has testified before Congress, opined in the press and on podcasts about reproductive rights, joined like-minded politicians at rallies, and even stocked her waiting room with voter registration forms.
“It seems more urgent now,” Brandi said. “It’s becoming more and more clear that this election is going to make a difference in whether we get Roe restored and people across the country have access to abortion again, or we don’t and potentially have more restrictions nationwide, including in New Jersey.”
That’s a message many congressional candidates have taken on the campaign trail as the Nov. 5 election — the first presidential election since Dobbs — approaches. While state legislators have codified abortion rights in New Jersey, protections here could fall if Republicans take the White House and Senate, retain the House, and act to further restrict abortion nationally, Democrats say.
That likely will drive voters from both ends of the political spectrum to the ballot box, said Dan Cassino, a professor of government and law at Fairleigh Dickinson University and the executive director of the school’s poll.
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