Republicans in Democratic House districts beg far-right colleagues to shut up

After a disappointing round of 2023 off-year elections, Republicans in Democratic districts are begging their far-right colleagues to shut up about fringe abortion laws, the New York Times reported Friday.

The 2023 elections resulted Tuesday revealed to 18 Republicans, who claimed blue districts in 2022, that voters aren't happy about the Supreme Court ruling that eliminated abortion rights.

States across the country have passed or blocked measures that protected the rights of political leaders and left decisions up to the patients and doctors.

Abortion posed a new problem as Republicans battled another budget bill with far-right Republican Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the helm and the inclusion of a controversial amendment that would strike down laws that make it illegal to fire someone for using birth control or other family planning-related treatments.