It would be a fringe issue if the GOP disavowed it. Right now it obviously is not. If america was not split on abortion one side or the other would have had to give up on it by now. We're not pro choice we're not pro life, we're split so it becomes a divisive issue. One side wants to ban something and the other does not so those that don't care but don't like seeing the government banning stuff puts a point in the other column. Are there really that many people with that as the single issue they vote based on and would abandon the GOP for third party?

Why is the state completely controlled by the democratic party if the republicans are not too conservative for the state?