{"id":2153421,"date":"2024-01-19T06:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-groups-eye-the-long-game-to-achieve-political-and-cultural-wins\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T06:44:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:44:05","slug":"anti-abortion-groups-eye-the-long-game-to-achieve-political-and-cultural-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-abortion-groups-eye-the-long-game-to-achieve-political-and-cultural-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-abortion groups strategize for long-term success in achieving political and cultural victories"},"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\">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%2Fanti-abortion-groups-eye-the-long-game-to-achieve-political-and-cultural-wins%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=2153421&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>Abortion Takes Center\u200b Stage at the 51st Annual March for Life<\/h2>\n<p>As supporters from across the country gather in the \u200cnation\u2019s capital for the 51st annual March for Life on \u200dFriday, \u200babortion is \u200dbecoming\u200b a more powerful force in \u2062politics than it has been in \u2062a generation.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s \u2063march, with the theme of \u201cwith every woman, for every child,\u201d will take place against\u2062 the backdrop of a \u2062presidential election in which abortion will\u200c play a major role, several abortion initiatives on state ballots this year after recent losses for the anti-abortion side \u2014\u2062 and the question of how supporters of the movement can advance their \u2062goal of \u200bprotecting the\u200c unborn.<\/p>\n<p>Several abortion-related\u200d cases are also set to be decided by\u2063 the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<h3>The Political Divide<\/h3>\n<p>Since Dobbs v. \u2062Jackson\u200c Women\u2019s Health Organization overturned \u2064Roe v\u2063 Wade, abortion has been\u200d a \u2062political hot\u2062 potato on the conservative side of the \u200caisle, with many conservatives in disagreement over how\u2063 best to \u2062tackle the issue. Abortion also appeared \u2063to \u200chelp secure\u200d victories for liberals who have\u2064 outperformed expectations in the past two election\u2064 cycles while\u200c messaging almost entirely on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis\u200d is an issue where Democrats continue to have \u200ban advantage. I thought it was telling that in the entrance poll of the Iowa Republican \u200dcaucus, just 61% of\u200b participants among\u200b a conservative \u200celectorate said \u2062they supported a national ban on all\u2062 or most abortions, while\u2064 35% didn\u2019t,\u201d Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball at the University of\u200b Virginia Center \u2062for Politics, told the Washington \u200bExaminer. \u2063\u201cI think that shows how abortion divides Republicans much more than Democrats, and that has shown up in these\u2064 ballot issue votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean abortion is a \u2063cure-all for the Democrats\u2019 problems, as Republicans \u200bhave their own advantages on other issues,\u201d Kondik added.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u2063Presidential Election<\/h3>\n<p>Kondik\u200d predicts that \u200d\u201cif nominated, [former President Donald] Trump is probably going to \u2064muddle his own\u2062 position\u200d on abortion, while Democrats are\u2062 going to point to him as the architect \u2062of \u200dthe Dobbs decision, given \u2064that his appointees were \u2064crucial\u2063 in deciding it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Trump became the first sitting \u200dpresident to speak at the March for Life in 2020 during his\u2062 reelection bid, he recently \u2063painted a more moderate picture of\u200d his \u200cviews at a \u2064Fox News \u2064town hall, saying, \u201cI happen to be for the exceptions, like Ronald\u200c Reagan,\u200d with \u200bthe life of the mother,\u200b rape, incest,\u201d adding, \u201cyou \u200bhave to \u200cwin elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who said he was \u201cvery pro-choice\u201d\u2064 in the 1990s, also took\u200c aim at Republican presidential\u2062 primary\u200b rival\u2064 Gov. \u2063Ron \u2062DeSantis (R-FL) for \u200csigning what\u2019s known as \u2062a\u2063 heartbeat bill, or legislation that aims\u2063 to restrict\u200b abortion at \u200dabout six weeks gestation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you talk five \u200dor six weeks, a lot \u2062of\u2063 women don\u2019t know they\u2019re pregnant,\u201d\u2062 Trump said, highlighting \u2062the Democrats\u2019 \u201cradical\u201d position\u2062 on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u2063want\u2064 to get something\u2062 where people \u200care happy. This has been tearing our country \u200capart for 50 years,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s \u200cmarch will not \u200cfeature in-person speeches from any of the presidential \u2064candidates,\u200c although former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC)\u2064 and\u200c DeSantis have\u200d sent \u2062in\u2062 short \u2063pretaped messages.\u2063 The event will include\u200c addresses from conservative political \u200bleaders, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and\u2063 Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who co-chairs the House Pro-Life Caucus.<\/p>\n<h3>State Level<\/h3>\n<p>Because of\u2064 electoral hardships, both with candidates and ballot initiatives, conservatives have been disappointed by their inability \u200cto capitalize quickly on the overturn of Roe.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have been forced back to the\u2063 drawing board to weigh how they can message and\u2062 win \u2063on the issue, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin\u2019s (R-VA) strategy in\u2062 last year\u2019s Virginia legislative elections appears to have nearly cracked the code.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 opposed to having Republican candidates attempt to \u2063sidestep the issue,\u2064 which has earned them the\u200d ire of anti-abortion\u200b advocates and others, Youngkin decided to take on the issue directly \u2014 \u2062and \u200che effectively unified his party\u2019s candidates around a 15-week restriction with exceptions for rape, incest, and \u200bprotecting the life of the mother.<\/p>\n<p>Using\u2062 that strategy, Republicans \u2063in 2023 \u200bwon in eight districts that voted for President Joe Biden in 2020, and \u2064they\u200d won\u200d most of the swing districts as well.\u2062 The partisan\u2063 swing of redistricting in Virginia was too \u2063much to overcome, however, and both General Assembly chambers fell under Democratic control.<\/p>\n<p>Realizing changes \u2064will not happen immediately, especially given the context of half a \u200ccentury of successful messaging \u200dfrom\u200d liberals who support legal abortion, \u2062conservatives and advocates alike are coming to the conclusion that\u2064 deploying a longer-term strategy to change America\u2019s cultural orientation\u2064 toward abortion while taking pragmatic\u2064 wins where they come might be\u200b more fruitful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuman rights battles\u200d are not won overnight. We \u200bmust be unwavering and \u200cpersistent in order undo the abortion industry\u2019s 50-year political monopoly and deeply rooted \u2063lies that\u200c have legitimized ending \u2064the lives\u200d of 63 million babies\u2062 in the womb,\u201d Kelsey Pritchard, SBA Pro-Life America \u200bstate \u2064public affairs director, told the Washington \u2062Examiner. \u201cWith state protections for nearly 30,000 babies annually at \u2063stake in 2024 ballot measure fights,\u2063 we \u200bmust engage in these\u200b fights now by aggressively raising money and vocally standing\u200b in opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With at least 11 \u2062states having the potential\u200c to see an\u2064 abortion amendment on their \u2064ballot this \u2063fall, opposition groups are\u2062 forming to combat them.\u200b Last year in Ohio, a majority\u2062 of voters approved\u200c an amendment \u200cthat is being used\u2064 to supersede the Buckeye State\u2019s heartbeat \u200dbill, as well as take away parental \u2063consent laws for certain medical interventions.<\/p>\n<p>Taking \u200blessons learned from \u2064the Ohio loss, organizations are gearing\u200b up for\u2062 a funding and \u200cmessaging\u200d battle \u200din other states this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri, \u2064which has some \u2063of the strictest prohibitions\u200b on abortion in the country, is one such \u200dstate that \u200dwill likely see the issue on \u200cits ballot.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a coalition \u2063called Missouri Stands with \u2062Women formed\u2062 to oppose the bill, and \u200cthe group appears \u2063convinces of its ability to buck the\u2064 trend of ballot initiative losses seen since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident\u200b our \u2064coalition, working together with other pro-life leaders and \u2062organizations \u200bacross the state, will\u200b have the financial resources, grassroots strength, and partnerships necessary to\u2064 ensure out-of-state extremists are not allowed to place unregulated, taxpayer-funded abortions up to\u200c the\u200b moment of birth in \u2063our \u2064state\u2019s \u2062constitution,\u201d Stephanie Bell, spokeswoman for the group, told \u200cthe Washington \u200cExaminer.<\/p>\n<h3>Supreme Court<\/h3>\n<p>Supreme Court decisions tangential to the abortion debate also loom large over this year\u2019s March for Life \u2014 and possibly the 2024 election\u200d season.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-lawsuit-days-ahead-of-electoral-college-vote\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Supreme Court Takes Up Trump Lawsuit Days Ahead of Electoral College Vote\">high court agreed<\/a> to hear a case\u200c brought \u200cby anti-abortion doctors on the \u2062Food and Drug Administration\u2019s \u2064approval of the\u200d common abortion drug mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p>Mifepristone, \u200dwhich works by cutting \u200bthe \u200bprogesterone supply to\u2062 the developing fetus,\u2063 was approved by the FDA in 2000 for chemical\u2062 abortions\u200b up \u200cto eight weeks of\u200b pregnancy. In 2016, the FDA loosened the \u200drestrictions on\u2064 the \u200bpill to a\u200c 10-week gestational limit\u200d and began requiring less physician oversight of complications.<\/p>\n<p>During the coronavirus pandemic, the agency permanently waived requirements for prospective abortion patients to visit a doctor in person before obtaining a mifepristone prescription, enabling the pills to \u200dbe\u200c sold by mail. Now, studies indicate that\u200b millions of\u2063 women are stockpiling abortion\u2062 pills in the\u200c event that the Supreme Court reverses the FDA\u2019s regulatory authority.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Supreme Court \u200dis also set to \u2063hear a case in June on whether state abortion bans \u200binterfere with federal law requiring\u200c physicians to perform \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cartel-violence-spills-into-us-as-border-patrol-treats-gunshot-victims\/\" title=\"Cartel Violence Spills Into US as Border Patrol Treats Gunshot Victims\">emergency medical treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Biden administration in \u200bAugust 2022 sued the state of Idaho for its near-total abortion ban,\u2064 saying it is in violation of the\u2062 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act not to allow for emergency abortion \u2064procedures. A similar case against the Texas abortion law is working its way through the court system as well.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-abortion\u200c physicians in both \u2063cases contend, however, that\u200b elective abortions are\u2063 not medical emergencies and that healthcare providers have \u200cthe\u2064 responsibility to attempt to save both \u2062the life of the mother \u2063and the child when possible. Healthcare providers on both\u200d sides of the\u2064 abortion \u2064debate acknowledge that ectopic pregnancy\u200c and miscarriage care are categorically different from elective abortions.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How is President \u2062Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200bposition on abortion expected to impact the upcoming\u200c presidential\u2063 election?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062 As supporters\u2064 gather for the 51st annual March for Life\u200d in the nation&#8217;s capital, the topic of abortion \u200dis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faucis-new-kids-book-and-the-cult-of-scientism\/\" title=\"Fauci\u2019s New Kids Book And The Cult Of \u2018Scientism\u2019\">taking center stage<\/a> in politics more than ever before. This \u200byear&#8217;s march comes at a crucial time, with \u2063a \u2063presidential election in which abortion will play a major role,\u2062 several abortion initiatives on state ballots, and several abortion-related\u200b cases set to be decided by the \u200cSupreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The political divide on the issue of abortion is evident,\u200b particularly among conservatives.\u2062 Many conservatives have differing\u2064 views on \u200dhow to address \u200dthe issue,\u200b while it has been shown\u200b that\u200b Democrats generally have an advantage \u200bwhen it comes to abortion as a \u200dpolitical issue.\u200c Recent\u200b ballot\u2063 initiatives have highlighted this divide among Republicans, with a significant\u200c portion of the party not supporting a national ban on abortions. However, it is important to \u200bnote that abortion is not a cure-all for the Democrats&#8217; \u200cproblems, and Republicans have their own advantages on \u200cother issues.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming presidential election is expected to further \u2062highlight the divide on\u2062 abortion. Former President\u200d Donald\u2062 Trump, who previously identified as &#8220;very \u200cpro-choice,&#8221; is expected to have a complex stance on the issue. While he\u200c spoke at the March for Life in \u20622020, he recently\u200c expressed support for exceptions to abortion, such as in cases of rape, \u2062incest, and protecting the life of the mother. Trump&#8217;s position on abortion is likely to be a point of contention during the election.<\/p>\n<p>At the state level, conservatives have faced \u2063difficulties in capitalizing\u2062 on the overturn \u2064of Roe v. Wade. Republicans are\u2062 reevaluating their messaging and strategies to win on the abortion issue. In \u200bVirginia, Governor \u2063Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s \u2063strategy of directly addressing the issue of abortion and proposing a \u206415-week restriction with exceptions was largely successful in \u200bwinning over voters. However, despite these victories, the partisan\u200b swing in redistricting ultimately led to Democratic control\u2063 of\u2064 the \u200cGeneral Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives and advocates\u200c are realizing that changing America&#8217;s cultural orientation towards abortion will \u200cnot \u2063happen overnight. A longer-term strategy is needed to combat the 50-year political monopoly of the abortion industry.\u200c There is a need for unwavering persistence and\u2064 engagement in ballot measure fights at\u2062 the state level \u2064to \u200cprotect\u2064 unborn babies. Opposition groups are forming to combat abortion amendments appearing on state \u2062ballots, taking lessons from \u2063previous losses and gearing up for a\u200b funding and messaging battle.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court also plays a significant role in the abortion debate. Several \u2064abortion-related cases are pending, and their outcomes will have far-reaching consequences. \u200bThe Court&#8217;s decisions will impact the future of abortion laws \u200band may provide opportunities for \u200bconservatives to advance their goal of protecting the unborn.<\/p>\n<p>As the 51st annual March for Life takes place, the issue of abortion\u2062 is \u200dfront and center \u200din\u200b politics. With the upcoming presidential election,\u200d state-level\u200d battles, and Supreme Court cases, the debate surrounding\u200c abortion continues to evolve. Supporters of the \u2062pro-life movement are working towards their\u200b goal of\u200d protecting the unborn and challenging the political monopoly of the abortion industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters nationwide unite in the capital for the 51st March for Life, as abortion gains unprecedented political influence. 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