Abortion Moves To Background As COVID, Power Grid Take The Spotlight In Texas' Primary Election

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

February 18, 2022

As the right to an abortion in the U.S. hangs in doubt, one thing seemed clear at the outset of 2022: the issue would tower over America’s midterm elections.

But to the surprise of many in Texas that haven’t been the case going into the nation’s first primary.

Airwaves are not swamped with campaign ads focused on abortion access. Candidates spend more time talking about COVID-19, immigration and the reliability of the power grid. Some rallies and events come and go without even a mention of Texas having the most restrictive abortion law in the country on the books for months now.

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