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This isn't new policy though. Consider Kay Bailey Hutchinson's statements back in 2010
This was a relatively liberal Republican who had taken office back when Texas a purple state, spouting the same nonsense Trump vomited up Tuesday night 14 years ago. A woman who ran 17 years early on
Her 2010 shift did not cause women to jump ship for the Democratic Party. Far from it. Texas only got redder over the next decade.
I think a big part of that was people genuinely believing the lies that the GOP was churning out. Maybe they've simply lost their Sidam touch or maybe Americans are finally cracking wise to the bullshit, some 40 years after the War on Abortion really kicked off.
But you can't just hang your hat on "Women are being treated like chattle" because that's been the national norm for centuries. What's really changing is that women now seem more reluctant to fill that role than in prior eras.
it's not a new 'policy' but Dobbs v. Jackson is definitely a new result. Their decades long plan of stacking the courts is finally paying off for them.