Every day that Merrick Garland remains in office confirms his unfitness for the job. And the propriety of the decision to exclude him from the supreme court.
There might not be a huge impact on the total number of abortions but it is a death knell for late term abortions. Congress once the Republicans gain control will attempt to ban third trimester abortions and the left will sue to black the legislation. Then one of two things will happen. Either the Supreme Court will allow congress to legislate abortion nationally or they will rule congress does not have an enumerated power in the constitution that allows them to make abortion law. I’d bet on the later and the left becoming even more enraged that their own law suit screwed them on not just this but likely a bunch of other issues as well.