The great GOP divide on abortion  —  Republicans are deeply split on their abortion strategy, with top officials pushing restraint, even silence, while activist GOP candidates demand an all-out campaign for a national ban and harsher penalties.  —  Why it matters: Republicans' confidence …

It's time for Democrats to use the leaked Roe opinion as a battering ram against the GOP  —  Democrats could pick up Republican seats in states where majorities support broad access to legal abortion by double-digit margins.  —  “Saturday Night Live” used to have a segment called “What if? …

Opinion What other brilliant ideas are in Alito's medieval law book?  —  Many have speculated that Samuel Alito, in his draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, is trying to take us back to the 1950s, when White Christian men still ruled.  —  The Supreme Court justice is actually revisiting the 1250s …

Your OB-GYN might miss out on critical training in a post-Roe world  —  Performing abortions and caring for miscarriages use many of the same skills.  Many doctors won't get those lessons.  —  If Roe v. Wade falls later this year, abortion will become illegal in about half of states.

Will Alito Crown A New ‘Great Dissenter’?  —  The very first Supreme Court justice mentioned in Samuel Alito's draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade is neither a judicial eminence from American history nor a current colleague ripe for flattery.  It's the late football star turned Rhodes Scholar Byron …