{"id":2014372,"date":"2023-08-28T14:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-desantis-risk-losing-top-anti-abortion-groups-endorsement-without-national-ban-pledge\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:58:47","slug":"trump-and-desantis-risk-losing-top-anti-abortion-groups-endorsement-without-national-ban-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-desantis-risk-losing-top-anti-abortion-groups-endorsement-without-national-ban-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and DeSantis may lose anti-abortion group&#8217;s support without national ban vow."},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-and-desantis-risk-losing-top-anti-abortion-groups-endorsement-without-national-ban-pledge%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=2014372&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--><h2>The Stakes for Republican Candidates in the Abortion Debate<\/h2>\n<p>The primary race for the Republican Party&#8217;s nomination in 2024 is heating \u2062up,\u200d and one issue \u200cthat has emerged as a potential stumbling block for some candidates is their stance on abortion. The leading contender, former\u200c President\u2062 Donald\u200c Trump, along with Governor Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, have yet to commit to signing a 15-week federal limitation on\u200d abortion if elected.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200creluctance could have serious consequences\u2063 for \u200dthese candidates,\u2062 as one of the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-desantis-risk-losing-top-anti-abortion-groups-endorsement-without-national-ban-pledge\/\" title=\"Trump and DeSantis may lose anti-abortion group's support without national ban vow.\">top anti-abortion\u200d groups<\/a>, Susan \u2062B. Anthony Pro-Life America, has made it clear that they will not endorse\u200d any candidate who does not \u200dsupport such a measure.<\/p>\n<h3>Progress and Evolution<\/h3>\n<p>In an interview with the Washington Examiner,\u2063 E.V. Osment, Vice President of\u2062 Communications for \u2062Susan B. Anthony\u2063 Pro-Life\u200b America,\u2062 expressed optimism about\u2062 the potential \u200dfor progress \u2063on this issue. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-believe-biden-and-trump-are-the-not-strongest-options-for-2024-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Voters see Biden and Trump as weak choices for 2024.\">current front-runners<\/a> in \u200dthe primary \u200crace have not yet pledged their \u2062support, Osment believes that there has \u200cbeen movement and expects to see further\u200c evolution in \u2062that direction.<\/p>\n<p>She specifically highlighted Trump&#8217;s\u2063 change in stance on federal involvement in \u2064abortion. Earlier\u200b this year, Trump stated that\u2063 the \u200cissue should be \u2063decided on a state level,\u200b which drew criticism from the organization. However, after \u200bmeeting with the \u200bgroup&#8217;s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Trump clarified his position, acknowledging the federal government&#8217;s \u2063role in protecting\u200c unborn life.<\/p>\n<p>Osment\u200c sees this\u200c as a significant evolution and believes that there is \u200bstill \u200dtime for candidates \u2062to make \u200dprogress on this issue before the \u200cIowa caucuses.<\/p>\n<h3>A Compassionate Approach<\/h3>\n<p>Osment emphasized that a federal limit on abortion would include exceptions for cases \u200cinvolving the \u2064life of the mother, rape, incest, and other circumstances. She also\u2063 stressed the importance of candidates approaching the issue with compassion.<\/p>\n<p>During the recent Republican \u200cNational Committee primary \u2062debate, Osment was pleased that abortion \u200cwas discussed and noted that some candidates provided bold answers. She specifically mentioned Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, and Tim Scott for echoing the sentiment that the decision on \u2063abortion should be left to the people through elected representatives.<\/p>\n<h3>Nikki Haley&#8217;s Perspective<\/h3>\n<p>While \u2064former U.N.\u2063 Ambassador Nikki\u200c Haley has pledged to sign a 15-week limit, she has expressed doubts about \u2062its chances of passing in the current Senate. Haley \u200bargues that Republicans would need a\u2062 supermajority to overcome\u2064 opposition from \u200bDemocrats. However, Osment disagrees \u200cwith this perspective, urging candidates to lead \u200bon the \u2063issue\u200d regardless of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-sarah-paulson-talks-finding-the-humanity-in-clinton-whistleblower-linda-tripp\/\" title=\"Actress Sarah Paulson Talks \u2018Finding The Humanity\u2019 In Clinton Whistleblower Linda Tripp\">current political landscape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Osment also pushed back\u2064 on \u200cHaley&#8217;s\u2063 focus solely on abortion, \u200dpointing out that there are other important\u2062 core issues for the Republican Party that \u200dface \u200dsimilar challenges in Congress.<\/p>\n<h2>Changing \u200dViews within \u200bthe \u2064Republican\u2063 Party<\/h2>\n<p>Over the years, the Republican Party&#8217;s views on abortion have evolved. While in 1975, only 55%\u200d believed it should be\u2062 legal under certain circumstances, by \u200c2023, two-thirds \u200dof Republicans\u2062 supported limiting abortion to certain circumstances. The number of Republicans who believe abortion should be \u2062legal under any circumstances has significantly \u2064decreased.<\/p>\n<p>A recent New York Times\/Siena College poll found that 61%\u2064 of registered \u2062Republicans expressed\u2064 support for a 15-week \u2064limitation on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-makes-massive-campaign-change-as-he-struggles-to-gain-in-polls-against-trump\/\" title=\"DeSantis alters campaign strategy amid polling challenges against Trump.\">primary race \u200ccontinues<\/a>, \u2062the candidates&#8217; positions on abortion will undoubtedly play a significant role \u2062in shaping\u200b the\u2063 outcome. The pressure to support a 15-week federal limit is mounting, and candidates will need to \u2063carefully navigate this issue to secure \u200dthe endorsement of influential anti-abortion groups like Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.<\/p>\n<p>Neither \u2064Trump&#8217;s nor DeSantis&#8217;s \u200ccampaigns provided\u2063 comment to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump, a prominent Republican candidate, is among those vying for the nomination who haven&#8217;t committed to a 15-week national abortion restriction. This stance may prove disadvantageous for the eventual nominee, as a major anti-abortion organization in the US warns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2014373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014372","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=2014372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}