{"id":2360373,"date":"2024-10-28T07:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voting-for-trump-could-save-tens-of-thousands-of-babies-a-year\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T07:34:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:34:25","slug":"voting-for-trump-could-save-tens-of-thousands-of-babies-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voting-for-trump-could-save-tens-of-thousands-of-babies-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting For Trump Could Save Tens Of Thousands Of Babies A Year"},"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%2Fvoting-for-trump-could-save-tens-of-thousands-of-babies-a-year%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=2360373&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>Since the Supreme Court&#8217;s \u2064June 2022 ruling in *Dobbs v.\u2062 Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization*, the Republican Party has shifted away from\u2062 its pro-life stances.\u2062 The\u200d party platform no longer supports\u200b federal abortion restrictions, and former President Trump has\u2064 expressed that\u2063 strict six-week bans are &#8220;too\u2064 severe.&#8221; Some pro-life Republicans have considered withholding \u200ctheir votes, but many\u200d believe \u2062this would be unwise\u200c given recent\u200d election trends. In successive abortion-related ballot measures during\u2062 2022 and 2023, pro-life efforts were unsuccessful, highlighting \u200da growing public reluctance\u2062 to support strict bans.<\/p>\n<p>However, pro-life candidates have still won \u2062significant elections, suggesting that it may be possible to maintain state abortion\u200c bans if they are insulated from direct \u2064voter challenges. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">upcoming 2024 elections feature multiple ballot measures<\/a> that\u200b could legalize abortion throughout pregnancy in various states,\u2062 reflecting a potential majority support for such policies.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 article\u2063 argues that \u2064pro-life advocates should remain politically active and \u2062support candidates like Trump \u2063to preserve existing bans in states where they are \u200bsafeguarded from citizen initiatives. The strategy moving forward includes solidifying Republican political\u2064 control in states with abortion bans\u200b and decisively countering any candidates who threaten these measures. the future \u200bof pro-life legislation \u2063relies on a defensive strategy focused \u2062on maintaining and\u2063 defending existing state-level restrictions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since the&nbsp;Supreme Court&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women&rsquo;s Health Organization&nbsp;<\/em>decision dropped in June 2022, the Republican Party has been running at full speed away from its pro-life convictions. The party platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-pushes-new-gop-platform-softening-partys-positions-abortion-sex-rcna160730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no longer<\/a> calls for any federal abortion restrictions, while former President Donald Trump says&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-ban-trump-criminalize-mifepristone-election-7f43c7e9ab192ebe874a1f0b1b7ba60b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">six-week bans<\/a>&nbsp;are &ldquo;too severe.&rdquo; In response, some pro-life Republicans have suggested withholding their votes this year. That would be a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s easy to see why GOP leaders are spooked. In 2022 and 2023, pro-lifers went&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/2023_and_2024_abortion-related_ballot_measures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">0 for 7<\/a>&nbsp;on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brad-polumbo-bidens-illegal-student-loan-bailout-bought-off-gen-z-and-staved-off-a-red-wave\/\" title=\"Brad Polumbo: Biden\u2019s Illegal Student-Loan Bailout Bought off Gen Z \u2014 And Staved off a Red Wave\">abortion ballot measures<\/a>, including in red states like Ohio and Kansas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When voters consider the issue in isolation, death wins every time.<\/p>\n<p>Those same voters, however, have also shown their willingness to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-isnt-the-guy-to-argue-with-on-pro-life-limits-the-voters-are\/\" title=\"Voters, not Donald Trump, decide on pro-life limits.\">elect pro-life candidates<\/a>.&nbsp;In the 2022 midterms, Republican Govs.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Ohio_gubernatorial_election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike DeWine of Ohio<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Georgia_gubernatorial_election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brian Kemp of Georgia<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Florida_gubernatorial_election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ron DeSantis of Florida<\/a>, and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas&nbsp;all won landslide reelection victories after signing six-week bans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This suggests that it&rsquo;s possible to&nbsp;preserve state abortion bans as long as they&rsquo;re insulated from direct democracy at the state level and codification of&nbsp;<em>Roe v. Wade&nbsp;<\/em>at the federal level. And that&rsquo;s reason enough for every pro-lifer to vote Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three maps reveal the current situation.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20241008042937\/https:\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/us\/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The first<\/a>&nbsp;shows state abortion restrictions.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/2024_abortion-related_ballot_measures_and_state_context\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The second<\/a>&nbsp;shows states with abortion on the ballot in 2024 (with some measures initiated by citizens and others by Democrat-controlled state legislatures).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of the 2024 ballot measures legalize abortion through birth.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Maryland_Question_1,_Right_to_Reproductive_Freedom_Amendment_(2024)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryland<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/New_York_Proposal_1,_Equal_Protection_of_Law_Amendment_(2024)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Colorado_Amendment_79,_Right_to_Abortion_and_Health_Insurance_Coverage_Initiative_(2024)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado<\/a>&nbsp;do so unapologetically, while the rest include a post-viability &ldquo;maternal health&rdquo; exemption that could be stretched to cover something as minor as anxiety. We can assume all of them will receive majority support. The only one that&nbsp;<em>might&nbsp;<\/em>fail is Florida&rsquo;s, because the state constitution requires a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dos.fl.gov\/elections\/laws-rules\/constitutional-amendmentsinitiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">60 percent<\/a>&nbsp;supermajority for ballot measure amendments, and it&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/10\/21\/poll-abortion-recreational-marijuana-poised-to-pass-in-florida-amendments-statewide-ballot\/75770996007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">currently polling<\/a>&nbsp;at exactly 60 percent. For context, Ohio&rsquo;s abortion amendment passed with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ohio_Issue_1,_Right_to_Make_Reproductive_Decisions_Including_Abortion_Initiative_(2023)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">56.8 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of the vote, while Michigan&rsquo;s got&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Michigan_Proposal_3,_Right_to_Reproductive_Freedom_Initiative_(2022)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">56.7 percent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s where&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/States_with_initiative_or_referendum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the third map<\/a>&nbsp;comes in. When you compare it to the first map, you&rsquo;ll see that there are 11 states that have both a total or six-week abortion ban and no constitutional mechanism for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-rundown-of-13-measures-that-made-it-to-arizona-ballots-so-far-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"A rundown of 13 measures that made it to Arizona ballots so far - Washington Examiner\">citizen-initiated ballot measures<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This means that even if voters overturn abortion bans in every state where that&rsquo;s possible, it will still be illegal in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi (where the amendment referendum process has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mississippitoday.org\/2021\/05\/14\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-initiative-65\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled inapplicable<\/a>&nbsp;by state courts), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina makes the list as an honorable mention, though its relatively lenient&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-veto-override-north-carolina-4282913637b499490494dd3e3cce3478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12-week ban<\/a>&nbsp;outlaws only around&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/72\/ss\/ss7209a1.htm#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20the%20majority%20(80.8,'%20gestation%20remained%20%E2%89%A48.7%25.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of abortions.<\/p>\n<h2>Pro-Life States and Playing Defense<\/h2>\n<p>That leaves more than 75 million Americans living under abortion bans (plus another 10 million if you count North Carolina and another 22 million if the Florida amendment fails). Also, most of those states are large and adjacent to one another, forming a vast &ldquo;abortion desert.&rdquo; For many women, traveling to a state where the spirit of Moloch holds sway is prohibitively inconvenient and expensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We know these bans have already saved&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/willskipworth\/2023\/11\/22\/about-32000-more-babies-being-born-annually-in-us-since-roe-v-wade-overturned-new-analysis-suggests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tens of thousands<\/a>&nbsp;of babies. If we want to preserve them, pro-lifers&rsquo; political strategy for the foreseeable future must be a defensive one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the state level, this means making sure the GOP controls courts, legislatures, and executive branches in those 12 states. We can do that by building up state-level political machines and maintaining an iron grip on the process of drawing legislative districts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It also means brutally punishing any Republican candidate or officeholder who threatens state abortion bans. We might not be able to field a pro-life majority in a statewide referendum, but we can still pull it off in a GOP primary.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also worth noting that between 2014 and 2020, voters in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Tennessee_Amendment_1,_No_State_Constitutional_Right_to_Abortion_and_Legislative_Power_to_Regulate_Abortion_Amendment_(2014)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tennessee<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/West_Virginia_Amendment_1,_No_Right_to_Abortion_in_Constitution_Measure_(2018)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Virginia<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Alabama_Amendment_2,_State_Abortion_Policy_Amendment_(2018)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alabama<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Louisiana_Amendment_1,_No_Right_to_Abortion_in_Constitution_Amendment_(2020)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisiana<\/a>&nbsp;all passed legislatively initiated ballot measures declaring that the state constitution does not protect abortion rights. It&rsquo;s possible that the&nbsp;<em>Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale&nbsp;<\/em>hysteria we&rsquo;ve seen post-<em>Dobbs<\/em>&nbsp;won&rsquo;t last forever and that solid pro-life majorities will eventually re-coalesce in red states.<\/p>\n<h2>The Future under Kamala Harris<\/h2>\n<p>At the federal level, this defensive strategy unfortunately looks like leaving the issue to the states for now. It galls me to hear Trump and running mate J.D. Vance talk about vetoing a federal abortion ban. But when the alternative is losing the election and watching President Kamala Harris nuke the filibuster to legalize abortion through birth nationwide, I&rsquo;m willing to grit my teeth and bear it.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump wins in November, then at the bare minimum those 12 bans stay on the books. That&rsquo;s not the total pro-life victory we hoped for, but it&rsquo;s worth fighting to preserve.&nbsp;If Harris wins, the fruits of half a century&rsquo;s struggle are at risk.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Grayson Quay is a Young Voices contributor based in Arlington, VA. His work has been published in The American Conservative, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and The Spectator US.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the Dobbs decision in June 2022, the GOP has distanced itself from pro-life beliefs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1572,"featured_media":2360374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2048px-Alabama_State_Capitol_Montgomery_South_view_20160713_1-e1729906735465.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4310,10155,8347,3634,4351],"class_list":["post-2360373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-abortion","tag-babies","tag-pro-life","tag-trump","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2048px-Alabama_State_Capitol_Montgomery_South_view_20160713_1-e1729906735465.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360373","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\/1572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}