Graham says he’s ‘confident’ Americans would support national abortion ban
What he actually said:
I am confident the American people would accept a national ban on abortion at 15 weeks
Those very much are not the same thing.
Politically speaking they are the same thing. Whatever the federal law says it will preempt state laws. As soon as the law is created it would become a perpetual federal wedge issue for the liberal Democrats. They'll fund raise on it, they will fight it, and they will win elections based on it.
And then they will amend the law to say 30 weeks, and then 36 weeks. And we will all be stuck with that law forever.
The Supreme Court did us all a big favor by returning the regulation of a medical procedure to the states, where it belongs.
Graham brought up the issue to damage the chances of Republicans in November, and to give the Democrat party back the national issue they lost when the court overturned Roe v. Wade.