GOP's Abortion Stance Sparks Voter Concerns.

Republican presidential hopefuls are struggling to navigate the abortion issue, as they try to balance the desires of a party base that wants to outlaw the procedure with a majority of Americans who want it to remain legal in most cases. The issue has become more challenging for the GOP to navigate after an intense backlash to the overturning of Roe v. Wade last summer, which has hurt Republicans in numerous elections since, and the more recent lawsuits challenging access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Republican contenders have sought to avoid taking a clear position on abortion and instead attacked liberals as the real extremists for pushing broad protections without restrictions late in pregnancy that surveys say are popular.