As of May, the spread between those who believe abortion should be legal under any circumstances and those who believe there should be limits was 23 points in favor of limits.

Should the Mississippi law stand and the Texas law fall, Democrats will have a hard time scaring voters into believing that extreme views are prevailing on the issue.

Many Americans are not ready to see abortion be illegal in all circumstances, and many pro-choice voters could be convinced that some restrictions are rational. In many respects, they’re already there. Gallup’s most recent survey that broke down the issue by gestational age showed 65 and 81 percent support for making abortion illegal in the second and third trimesters, respectively.

Democrats’ belief that every woman will blindly vote to protect second and third-trimester abortions is also nonsensical in the face of higher crime rates, taxes, inflation, illegal immigration, national security concerns, and other consequences of left-wing leadership in Washington.