Where U.S. Battles Over Abortion Will Play Out In 2019

Demonstrators in favor of and against abortion rights made their beliefs known during a January 2018 protest in Washington, D.C

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With Democrats now in control of the U.S. House of Representatives, it might appear that the fight over abortion rights has become a standoff.

After all, abortion-rights supporters within the Democratic caucus will be in a position to block the kind of curbs that Republicans advanced over the past two years when they had control of Congress.

But those on both sides of the debate insist that won’t be the case.