We are, at last, starting to see some right-wing chatter about how it is essential to expand the welfare state to address the needs of the women who will now be required to give birth against their will. This is a quintessentially CD position. The CDs collapsed as a result of George W. Bush’s failures; can the abortion issue bring them back?
Don’t hold your breath. The GOP, as a whole, is animated by anger and fear, not love. It is pro-misery for its opponents, not pro-life. Donald Trump is its avatar, and owning the libs is its calling card. I can’t think of anything that would change that in the foreseeable future.