Nancy Mace of South Carolina made the comments on ABC's This Week, warning that the GOP would "lose huge" in 2024 if they did not reverse course.
Her comments came two days after the US Supreme Court preserved access to the widely used abortion drug mifepristone while legal challenges against its government approval continue.
It also comes as a handful of anti-abortion groups have rallied behind legislation in the US Senate, introduced by her state’s senator, Lindsey Graham, that would ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks into the pregnancy.
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