{"id":2093773,"date":"2023-11-08T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-rights-win-out-in-2023-elections-showing-gop-hasnt-found-footing-for-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T09:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T14:27:01","slug":"abortion-rights-win-out-in-2023-elections-showing-gop-hasnt-found-footing-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-rights-win-out-in-2023-elections-showing-gop-hasnt-found-footing-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion rights win out in 2023 elections, showing GOP hasn&#8217;t found footing for 2024"},"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\">28<\/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-rights-win-out-in-2023-elections-showing-gop-hasnt-found-footing-for-2024%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=2093773&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>Abortion rights won out in several key races in Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky on Election Day, signaling support for abortion in the 2024 election and a need for the anti-abortion movement to regroup for next year. <\/p>\n<p> Ohioans voted on Tuesday to add a comprehensive reproductive rights amendment to their state constitution, enshrining the right to abortion and placing strict restrictions on the state legislature&#8217;s capacity to regulate the procedure.  <\/p>\n<p> DEMOCRATS SPOOKED AFTER BIDEN SHOCK POLL AND FRET TRUMP WHITE HOUSE COMEBACK <\/p>\n<p> Advocates of the amendment rallied support for it in response to a measure signed by Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) to ban abortion after six weeks gestation, which had not been enforced due to continued legal challenges. <\/p>\n<p> In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) branded the off-cycle elections for the House and Senate as a referendum on his leadership and as an opportunity to gain enough support for a ban on abortion at 15 weeks gestation, the point at which a fetus can feel pain in the womb.  <\/p>\n<p> Democrats in the purple state were able to flip the state House and maintain control of the Senate, both by slim majorities. <\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) was able to leverage the anti-abortion record of his opponent, Daniel Cameron, who, during the campaign, flip-flopped on his position of adding rape and incest exceptions to the state&#8217;s total ban on abortion. <\/p>\n<p> Abortion rights have become a larger topic in state-level elections since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, making the regulation of the procedure a state matter. The 2022 midterm elections were also dominated by abortion, with strong anti-abortion Republicans losing more ground in the House and Senate than anticipated. <\/p>\n<p> Anti-abortion advocates have already taken note that their strategy needs to change ahead of the 2024 elections to advance their policy goals. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pro-life movement must adapt to win,&#8221; said Lila Rose, president of the anti-abortion network Live Action. &#8220;We have to throw out the old playbook and dive headfirst into a strategy that can win the hearts and minds of the American people and translate into electoral victory.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser reacted similarly, saying that activists advocating anti-abortion candidates or against pro-abortion ballot measures in the 2024 cycle &#8220;will need to devote more resources to compassionate pro-life messages for women and their children, combating the campaign of fear from the other side.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Democratic politicians across the board celebrated Tuesday&#8217;s victory. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Voters turned out to safeguard reproductive rights and prevent extremists from enforcing an abortion ban that would harm women and criminalize doctors,&#8221; Vice President Kamala Harris said in response to the Ohio amendment. &#8220;Since the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, people across the country have voted to defend reproductive freedom every time it has appeared on the ballot.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Abortion is a kitchen table issue,&#8221; Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) said late on Tuesday night. &#8220;Republicans don&#8217;t have a messaging problem, they have a policy problem.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> In September, a group of Republican senators led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) held a closed-door meeting to discuss a strategy for messaging on abortion restrictions during the 2024 election cycle. <\/p>\n<p> The consensus drawn from that meeting highlighted the need to move away from simple terms of being for or against abortion and toward more specific policy proposals. <\/p>\n<p> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/p>\n<p> Rose said that emphasizing the science of fetal development will be crucial. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Human life begins at fertilization,&#8221; Rose said. &#8220;Abortion is a murderous act of violence. Embracing the truth with courage is the first step toward the next political victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abortion rights won out in several key races in Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky on Election Day, signaling support for abortion in the 2024 election and a need for the anti-abortion movement to regroup for next year. 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