{"id":1369844,"date":"2022-03-10T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1369844"},"modified":"2022-03-10T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T23:11:12","slug":"abortion-is-the-crux-of-2022-elections-major-pro-life-group-predicts-and-theyre-marshaling-all-forces-to-win-that-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-is-the-crux-of-2022-elections-major-pro-life-group-predicts-and-theyre-marshaling-all-forces-to-win-that-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion Is The Crux Of 2022 Elections, Major Pro-Life Group Predicts \u2014 And They\u2019re Marshaling All Forces To Win That Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/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%2Fabortion-is-the-crux-of-2022-elections-major-pro-life-group-predicts-and-theyre-marshaling-all-forces-to-win-that-battle%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=1369844&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-10-at-4.36.42-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>One of the most powerful pro-life organizations in the country is marshaling all its resources to combat abortion extremism heading into the 2022 midterm elections \u2014 and its leaders predict that the life issue will be a much bigger deal than expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe context is historic,\u201d Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a phone interview with The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>The midterm elections fall in the shadow of <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>, the Supreme Court case involving a 2018 Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks, addressing whether bans on abortion before fetal viability are constitutional.<\/p>\n<p>It directly challenges the Supreme Court\u2019s monumental <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> decision. Should <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u00a0be overturned, the power to decide abortion laws would be returned to the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking at a decision that\u2019s been in the making for almost 50 years that has only grown, not diminished over time,\u201d Dannenfelser said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s possible that it\u2019s culminating this summer right before midterms, at a moment where the Republican Party has come very far in terms of its embrace of the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Vulnerable Pro-Abortion Senators\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>This will be the first time in 50 years where the consequences of voting for a pro-abortion politician are real rather than theoretical, Dannenfelser said, noting that the results of the 2022 midterm elections will predict which states pass aggressive pro-life laws, and which don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, from now until November, the SBA List is launching campaigns across the country to \u201cexpose the extremism of vulnerable pro-abortion Senators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pro-life organization boasts of a massive $72 million 2022 election cycle budget \u2014 and it is zeroing in on Sen. Mark Kelly, targeting the Arizona Democrat with a $1 million ad campaign highlighting Kelly\u2019s abortion stances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s very targeted,\u201d Dannenfelser said. Kelly did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>SBA List\u2019s campaign centers around Kelly\u2019s vote for the radically expansive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3755\">Women\u2019s Health Protection Act<\/a>, legislation bolstered by President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>SBA List calls it the \u201cAbortion on Demand Until Birth Act,\u201d as the legislation prohibits governmental restrictions on abortion, specifically banning the government from limiting an abortion provider\u2019s ability to prescribe abortion drugs and offer abortions.<\/p>\n<p>It does not specify any point at which abortion may be restricted.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The Women\u2019s Health Protection Act would also prohibit the government from mandating that abortion providers provide \u201cunnecessary medical procedures\u201d or \u201cmedically inaccurate information\u201d \u2014 such as requiring a doctor to show a woman an ultrasound or her unborn baby or tell a woman that she can use \u201cabortion pill reversal\u201d drugs if she changes her mind after the abortion.<\/p>\n<h3>Arizonans Oppose Abortion Legislation \u2014 When They Understand It<\/h3>\n<p>SBA List\u2019s campaign against Kelly is accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/s27319.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SBA-List-February-2022-Polling-Memo-15-19-31.pdf\">polling conducted by CRC Research<\/a> showing that more than half of registered Arizona voters oppose the Women\u2019s Health Protection Act after learning that the legislation entails.<\/p>\n<p>That polling also found that 56% of independent voters and 27% of Democratic voters were less likely to vote for Kelly after being told that he believes taxpayers should fund abortions up until birth.<\/p>\n<p>And more than half (59%) of Arizona voters believe that the state should limit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy (a measure which the Arizona legislature<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-arizona-united-states-48ee8d8156db181adf39991808fef6ed\"> is currently debating<\/a>), according to the poll.<\/p>\n<p>Only 27% of Arizona voters believe the state should allow abortion up until birth, according to the poll, conducted both online and over the phone between February 22 and February 25 on behalf of the Susan B. Anthony List with a margin of error of \u00b1 3.7%.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cWe could have gone after Warnock,\u201d Dannenfelser said of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/12\/black-pastors-warnock-abortion-georgia-loeffler\/\">Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock<\/a>. \u201cI think with him, we\u2019re already several strides ahead. We understand, and a lot of people understand [his abortion record]. But the education on so many like Mark Kelly is buried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/16\/politics\/americans-abortion-roe-v-wade-poll\/index.html\">shows that Americans are on board<\/a> with <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the vast majority of Americans don\u2019t understand what the Supreme Court decision actually means, Dannenfelser said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time we polled this throughout the years, they like <em>Roe<\/em>, but they are for laws that <em>Roe<\/em> doesn\u2019t allow,\u201d she said. \u201cGenerally, Americans are for protecting abortion in the first trimester. We obviously don\u2019t agree with that, but that\u2019s where they are. And that\u2019s what they think Roe is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Progressive messaging on <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is the \u201cbest run PR campaign\u201d ever conducted, Dannenfelser joked grimly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abortion lobby wants everybody to think that overturning Roe takes legal abortion away,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s what they\u2019re going to say. Legal abortion is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But if Roe is overturned, \u201cit just means that people get a say,\u201d she added, \u201cfinally, they get their say after 50 years of debate and growing this incredible movement over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Democrats Struggle To Message On Abortion<\/h3>\n<p>Abortion advocates will not go down without a fight, the SBA List president warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what we\u2019re seeing is an uncharacteristic discipline to not say a lot right now, because I think that they see that they\u2019re on the ropes, that the so-called abortion right is in jeopardy,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd they\u2019re smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no chance they\u2019re rolling over,\u201d Dannenfelser added. \u201cChemical abortion and transportation of people to get abortions in other states is the future for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Internal\u00a0messaging\u00a0released in February from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/15\/gop-culture-war-attacks-alarmingly-potent-dccc-warns-00009265\">warned<\/a> that Democrats will severely suffer if they do not learn to better combat \u201calarmingly potent\u201d culture war attacks from Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The memo is backed by Republican Glenn Youngkin\u2019s victory in Virginia: Youngkin, who\u00a0leaned hard on education issues, notably tore into opponent Terry McAuliffe for saying that parents shouldn\u2019t \u201cbe telling schools what they should teach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though McAuliffe spent millions accusing his Republican opponent of harboring a \u201cfar right\u201d abortion agenda, Youngkin still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/11\/04\/mcauliffe-youngkin-abortion-virginia\/\">won the vote of Virginians<\/a>\u00a0who prioritized abortion.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this win, Democratic strategists have warned that abortion may not be a winning issue for Democrats heading into 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/05\/roe-v-wade-democrats-2022-elections-523759\">Politico reported in December<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and some strategists are advising their clients not to discuss abortion at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do agree with that,\u201d laughed Dannenfelser. \u201cI don\u2019t generally agree with Democratic consultants, but you know, I think sometimes the Democratic consultants are smarter than the Republican consultants like that.\u00a0The Republican consultants that are smart are saying, \u2018This is a moment to not be afraid, to not go back on your heels, to lean into this thing.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The difference, she said, is that Democrats are set in cement on abortion extremism, while Republicans are hoping for consensus in every state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019ve got consensus versus abortion extremism,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd if I were a political consultant, I would want to be going for consensus, not extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most powerful pro-life organizations in the country is marshaling all its resources to combat abortion extremism heading into the 2022 midterm elections \u2014 and its leaders predict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}