With the eyes of American women upon them, Republicans are once again in danger of sending the national conversation about reproductive health spiraling out of control and putting the party at risk in the November election.

This issue was thrust back into the center of national debate when a ruling from the conservative-dominated Alabama Supreme Court threatened to shut down in-vitro fertilization clinics in the state, denying a chance at parenthood to Alabamians who’ve worked hard (and spent significant amounts of money) for the chance to conceive a child.

The ruling was reminiscent of the one against Kate Cox, a mother of two from Texas, late last year, who was ultimately refused permission by the Texas Supreme Court to end a nonviable pregnancy in her home state.

The Alabama and Texas Supreme Courts failed scores of would-be parents in their states. But this goes beyond two state court rulings. Countless American women have been failed by a conservative movement and Republican Party that doesn’t know how to talk about — much less deliver solutions for — their genuine healthcare concerns.

This has been a consistent problem for years, but has gotten markedly worse in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The Roe compromise, in place for a half-century, was far from perfect. For instance,........

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