But for a critical slice of Republicans — those who represent competitive districts in state legislatures or in Congress, who support some degree of abortion rights, or, in some cases, presidential candidates — the issue presents a particularly difficult balancing act. Their decisions and calculations are at the heart of the tensions over the abortion debate within the Republican Party in the post-Roe era. “I was hearing from both sides strongly,” said State Representative Mike Caruso of Florida, a Republican who opposed a measure — ultimately signed by Gov. “It was pretty much a ban on abortion.”“I’ve got seven children, been through nine pregnancies,” he added. “We should suffer electoral consequences if we don’t do what we said we would do.”

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