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→2010 Midterm elections and wave of anti-abortion laws due to the red wave election
== 2010 Midterm elections and wave of anti-abortion laws due to the red wave election ==
== 2010 Midterm elections and wave of anti-abortion laws due to the red wave election ==
[[File:Red-wave-election.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|In the United States, a red wave election is an election where there is a surge of voters supporting Republican candidates which results in an unusually high number being elected to office.
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In the United States, the Republican Party is associated with the color red.<ref>[https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/red+wave Red wave], thefreedictionary.com</ref>]]
The New York Times in a news article about [[Roe vs. Wade]] entitled ''How Did Roe Fall: Before a Decisive Ruling, A Powerful [[Red wave|Red Wave]]'' stated:
The New York Times in a news article about [[Roe vs. Wade]] entitled ''How Did Roe Fall: Before a Decisive Ruling, A Powerful [[Red wave|Red Wave]]'' stated:
{{Cquote|The beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade arrived on election night in November 2010.
{{Cquote|The beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade arrived on election night in November 2010.
That night, control of state houses across the country flipped from Democrat to Republican, almost to the number: Democrats had controlled 27 state legislatures going in and ended up with 16; Republicans started with 14 and ended up controlling 25. Republicans swept not only the South but Democratic strongholds in the Midwest, picking up more seats nationwide than either party had in four decades. By the time the votes had been counted, they held their biggest margin since the Great Depression.
That night, control of state houses across the country flipped from Democrat to Republican, almost to the number: Democrats had controlled 27 state legislatures going in and ended up with 16; Republicans started with 14 and ended up controlling 25. Republicans swept not only the South but Democratic strongholds in the Midwest, picking up more seats nationwide than either party had in four decades. By the time the votes had been counted, they held their biggest margin since the Great Depression.
There had been a time, in the 15 years after Roe, when Republicans were as likely as Democrats to support an absolute right to legal abortion, and sometimes even more so. But 2010 swept in a different breed of Republican, powered by Tea Party supporters, that locked in a new conservatism. While Tea Party-backed candidates had campaigned on fiscal discipline and promised indifference to social issues, once in office they found it difficult to cut state budgets. And a well-established network was waiting with model anti-abortion laws.
There had been a time, in the 15 years after Roe, when Republicans were as likely as Democrats to support an absolute right to legal abortion, and sometimes even more so. But 2010 swept in a different breed of Republican, powered by [[Tea Party]] supporters, that locked in a new conservatism. While Tea Party-backed candidates had campaigned on fiscal discipline and promised indifference to social issues, once in office they found it difficult to cut state budgets. And a well-established network was waiting with model anti-abortion laws.
In legislative sessions starting the following January, Republican-led states passed a record number of restrictions: 92, or nearly three times as many as the previous high, set in 2005.
In legislative sessions starting the following January, Republican-led states passed a record number of restrictions: 92, or nearly three times as many as the previous high, set in 2005.