That's what it seemed like when I brought up the question. I've never known a time when this country didn't have its legal infanticide (still ineligible to be president) -- I cannot fathom how theRoe v. Wade decision could have been allowed to stand... it should have had the court laughed out of court, so to speak. Besides which, it clearly violated the due processes of the states required by the 14th Amendment (though the 14th Amd is a lie, it never passed and is on congressional record as not having passed) AND the 5th Amendment.
I was very young when RvW came about so I can’t answer as to what the politics were at the time but I do think they were more liberal overall. Keep in mind that it wasn’t until the 1980s and the end of the so called fairness doctrine that there were really any opposition voices out there. And it wasn’t until later that algore in his benevolence gave us the internet.
Be that as it may there was really no excuse for the GOP failure to take the issue on during one of the times when it had control of congress and the presidency. Unfortunately the GOP is usually completely invested in the staus quo and profits from it. Expecting it to be an agent of change is unrealistic.