Dems Have a New Anti-Abortion Foil for 2024: Mike Johnson
At first glance, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) might seem like a walking Democratic attack ad.
Before arriving on Capitol Hill, Johnson dedicated his constitutional law career to ending abortion rights. As former senior legal counsel for the evangelical Alliance Defense Fund, he fought to shut down Louisiana abortion clinics. In a 2005 op-ed, Johnson described abortion as “a holocaust.”
During his seven-year tenure in Congress, Johnson has cultivated a reputation as one of the most anti-abortion members of the House. Johnson co-sponsored legislation to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected—around six weeks of pregnancy—which helped earn him an A+ rating from anti-abortion advocacy group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.