Democrats are bringing the abortion issue front-and-center in New Hampshire, especially with U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan facing a difficult re-election campaign.Hassan and the rest of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation held a news conference Monday to sound the alarm on the issue of abortion."Granite Staters all across New Hampshire have been expressing their outrage that politicians could take control of women's decision-making," Hassan said.With U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying a federal abortion ban is possible if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, GOP Senate candidates are now facing the question of whether to back such a change. "I am always going to default for a system that protects lives from the beginning to the end, and I don't think I can comment on something I haven't seen yet, but what Granite Staters need to know is that I have a tremendous amount of compassion," said Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc.Candidate Vikram Mansharamani said he agrees with limiting some abortions."Most Americans, most Granite Staters, really are opposed to the idea of late-term or partial-birth abortions — so I'm talking about third trimester — and if we're going to be banning third trimester, I would be OK with that," he said.Candidate Kevin Smith said he wouldn't comment on what the U.S. Senate might do."Right now, I'm not going to comment on any potential hypothetical pieces of legislation that may come up in the Senate," he said. "Here's what I do know. Assuming that this draft is the final opinion of the court, I'm comfortable in that they are returning this to the states."Candidate and New Hampshire Senate President Chuck Morse said he's in favor of the status quo in New Hampshire."I support what we've accomplished in New Hampshire," he said. "We've given a mother the opportunity in the first six months to make the decisions on abortion on her own, and in the last 12 weeks we don't believe there should be partial-birth abortion."Candidate Bruce Fenton said Democrats are trying to use the issue to gain votes."I don't want to say it's a distraction, because it is an important issue for very, very many people, but it is a way to change the narrative, and I think it benefits Biden and Hassan and the Democrats because this is something they can focus on and raise money on, rather than focusing on their absolute failures of the last couple years," he said.Hassan said some may think of abortion as just a health care issue, but she said for women, it's more than that."The idea that a woman's right to decide if and when to have a family and to control their own future isn't an economic issue is absurd," she said.