News Texas abortion law could hurt Republicans in 2022 midterm elections, experts say September 9, 2021Savannah Behrmann and Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAYComments Off on Texas abortion law could hurt Republicans in 2022 midterm elections, experts say Many leading Republicans haven't given a full-throated defense of Texas' new abortion law, which experts say could hurt the GOP in the 2022 midterms.