{"id":1084596,"date":"2021-12-04T18:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T23:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084596"},"modified":"2021-12-04T18:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T23:28:37","slug":"exclusive-heritage-foundation-president-kevin-roberts-im-convinced-roe-v-wade-is-going-to-be-overturned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-heritage-foundation-president-kevin-roberts-im-convinced-roe-v-wade-is-going-to-be-overturned\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive &#8212; Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts: &#039;I&#039;m Convinced Roe v. Wade Is Going to Be Overturned&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-heritage-foundation-president-kevin-roberts-im-convinced-roe-v-wade-is-going-to-be-overturned%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Kevin Roberts, the new president of the conservative Heritage Foundation who identifies pro-life matters as his top issue, told <em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em> that he is confident <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> will be overturned, and he previewed the path for Republican victories moving forward, advising GOP lawmakers to \u201cacknowledge the frustration that Americans, some of whom are apolitical, are feeling about government overreach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The launching of the Heritage Foundation in 1973 coincided with the landmark<em> Roe v. Wad<\/em>e decision decades ago, and host Matthew Boyle noted that Roberts started his position as the organization\u2019s president the same week that oral arguments for <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>, which could potentially overturn the 1973 decision, began.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn the depths of the aftermath of the Roe decision in 1973, what happened, I would say provided by Providence, is the conservative movement grew up,\u201d Roberts said, pointing to Reagan\u2019s presidency and categorizing him as \u201cboth a reflection of that maturation of conservatism but also of course \u2026 [as] a leader who helped define that in much the same way that President Trump has done that decades down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, too, acknowledged that his first day as president this week coincided with the oral arguments for the <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>&nbsp;case.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19008378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hrts-GettyImages-1236275048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19008378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hrts-GettyImages-1236275048.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-abortion demonstrators are seen outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 1, 2021. The Supreme Court is set to hear challenges to Texas&#039; restrictive abortion laws. - The conservative-majority US Supreme Court hears challenges on Monday to the most restrictive law passed since abortion was made a constitutional right nearly 50 years ago -- a Texas bill that bans a woman from terminating a pregnancy after six weeks. MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-abortion demonstrators are seen outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 1, 2021. The Supreme Court is set to hear challenges to Texas\u2019 restrictive abortion laws. \u2013 The conservative-majority US Supreme Court hears challenges on Monday to the most restrictive law passed since abortion was made a constitutional right nearly 50 years ago \u2014 a Texas bill that bans a woman from terminating a pregnancy after six weeks. MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI thought gosh, the second half century of the Heritage Foundation of the conservative movement is going to be defined by a post-Roe world. In other words, I\u2019m convinced <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is going to be overturned,\u201d he said, adding that, even if something short of that happened due to Chief Justice Roberts finding some way to \u201cthread the needle in an improper or legal way,\u201d it is still \u201cgoing to be our project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have made great progress in ending abortion on demand,\u201d he said, identifying the Heritage Foundation as one of the stalwarts of the movement, particularly the pro-life movement, and categorizing pro-life as the number one issue for him.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts said they also aim to \u201cmake sure our understanding of what it means to be pro-life includes things like tackling the deterioration of the nuclear family,\u201d as well as addressing families left behind by globalization.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LISTEN:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>More generally, Roberts said conservatives need to do a number of things to defeat the left. First and foremost, Republicans must \u201cacknowledge the frustration that Americans, some of whom are apolitical, are feeling about government overreach.\u201d He directly pointed to the public instances of frustrated parents, most of whom are generally apolitical. He noted those people typically do not think about politics all the time, but stressed that it \u201cisn\u2019t because they\u2019re dumb. In fact, the exact opposite. They\u2019re running their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the point for conservatives. The market, the market being those parents, those voters, is telling us, is sending us a signal that they want us to fight,\u201d he said, adding that they\u2019re looking to the movement to provide a pathway. While he said the&nbsp;Heritage Foundation needs to continue to diagnose public policy problems and provide solutions, it will also do a \u201cbetter job of providing the intellectual ammunition for grassroots people to go fight those fights at local and state levels.\u201d Roberts also said the organization will continue to be headquartered in D.C. but will be spending \u201ca lot more time and resources in the states at the local level.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19008506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ABGettyImages-1236932319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19008506 size-full\" title=\"OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ABGettyImages-1236932319.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf we do those things, not only are we going to win in the midterms in \u201922 and take the White House, we\u2019re going to set forth this long-lasting conservative movement just as we were doing in the late 70s on the cusp of Ronald Reagan\u2019s election,\u201d he predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts also detailed the \u201cunprecedented\u201d step the Heritage Foundation took by filing a lawsuit against President Biden\u2019s federal vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>He acknowledged it was an unusual move, as the organization often plays behind the scenes, but he told the board that they recognize the mandate is unconstitutional, and even though they are optimistic about the other cases prevailing across the country, \u201cthe reality is, sitting in the middle of the nation\u2019s capital under a mayor who is very left of center, we\u2019re not 100 percent sure that those other cases are going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo at Heritage, we need to call a spade a spade and let people know I as the president will never solicit private health information from our employees,\u201d he said, noting that, for the first time in their 48-year history, they filed suit as the plaintiff. It is going to the Sixth Circuit, and he said the chances of prevailing are \u201cvery good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roberts offered a final word of advice to Republican Party leaders moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans in this town, I\u2019m calling you from D.C. today, you need to spend less time worrying about winning the next election and more time doing what\u2019s right,\u201d he said, emphasizing that they need to be conservatives and worry less about the \u201cR\u201d label.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Foundation, he assured, will \u201calways call a spade a spade\u201d and hold Republicans accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Roberts, the new president of the conservative Heritage Foundation who identifies pro-life matters as his top issue, told Breitbart News Saturday that he is confident Roe v. 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