{"id":2549171,"date":"2026-01-23T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-anti-abortion-republicans-need-focus-on-the-state-level-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:51:39","slug":"vance-anti-abortion-republicans-need-focus-on-the-state-level-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-anti-abortion-republicans-need-focus-on-the-state-level-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance: Anti-abortion Republicans need focus on the &#8216;state level&#8217;"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fvance-anti-abortion-republicans-need-focus-on-the-state-level-3%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=2549171&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>vice President JD Vance told the Washington Examiner that anti\u2011abortion activists should be realistic about what can be achieved nationally and focus on winning at the state level. Speaking ahead of his appearance as the headline speaker at the March for Life, he said persuading fellow americans and organizing for state\u2011level victories will be the most practical path forward, as broad pro\u2011life policies currently <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lack wide public support<\/a>. Vance urged the movement to prioritize strategies that win at the ballot box rather than making arguments that lose. He also defended the Trump governance&#8217;s record on abortion, citing actions such as maintaining the Mexico City policy, halting NIH funding for research using aborted fetal tissue, and the SBA review of pandemic loans to Planned Parenthood.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance urges anti-abortion activists to &lsquo;be realistic&rsquo; and organize on the &lsquo;state level&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1949486\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> the anti-abortion movement needs to &ldquo;be realistic&rdquo; about what is achievable in the national political environment and organize on getting wins at the state level.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, who is the headline speaker at Friday&rsquo;s March for Life in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington<\/a>, sat for a lengthy interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Thursday. During the interview, Vance said he knew there were &ldquo;a lot of pro-life activists who wish that more would happen, who wish that more progress had been made.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4431014\/trump-regulator-denies-warren-request-pause-review-trump-family-crypto-groups-bank-application\/\">Trump regulator denies Warren&#8217;s request to pause review of Trump family crypto group&#8217;s bank application<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4430710\/trump-2024-coalition-midterm-elections\/\">Is Trump&#8217;s 2024 coalition coming apart ahead of the midterm elections?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4430580\/trump-maximalist-approach-cry-wolf\/\">Trump&#8217;s maximalist approach begs the question: How many times can he cry wolf?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think that we have to accept that part of what we need to do is persuade our fellow Americans in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-anti-abortion-republicans-need-focus-on-the-state-level-2\/\" title=\"...: Anti-... Republicans need ... on the &#039;...&#039;\">achieve pro-life victories<\/a>,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4430687\/vance-europe-private-talks-trump-plan-greenland\/\"><strong>VANCE SAYS EUROPE &lsquo;MUCH MORE REASONABLE&rsquo; IN PRIVATE TALKS ON TRUMP&rsquo;S PLAN FOR GREENLAND<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most of what&rsquo;s going to happen over the next generation of the pro-life movement is we&rsquo;re going to have to win victories at the state level,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former ... Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">vice president added<\/a>. &ldquo;I think we can do that. I think we should organize and mobilize for that. But I think we have to be realistic with ourselves that, right now, the American people are not endorsing a lot of pro-life policy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance said that was a &ldquo;terrible tragedy&rdquo; but that it also meant the anti-abortion movement had to act strategically.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m focused on changing it, and I think that&rsquo;s what we have to think, &lsquo;How do we win?&#8217;&rdquo; the vice president said. &ldquo;The pro-life movement goes nowhere if we make really good arguments that lose at the ballot box. We&rsquo;ve got to figure out how to win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4429865\/jd-vance-ice-officers-discipline-mistakes-justified\/\"><strong>VANCE: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL, WHEN &lsquo;JUSTIFIED,&rsquo; DISCIPLINE ICE OFFICERS WHO MAKE MISTAKES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vance argued that President Donald Trump has been &ldquo;the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-anti-abortion-republicans-need-focus-on-the-state-level\/\" title=\"...: Anti-... Republicans need ... on the &#039;...&#039;\">successfully pro-life president<\/a> in American history.&rdquo; He noted that the administration has continued the Mexico City policy, which bars federal funding for international nongovernmental organizations that conduct abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the March for Life, the Trump administration announced that funding from the National Institutes of Health will no longer go toward research or grants that use aborted fetal tissue. The Small Business Administration also announced it will review whether Planned Parenthood illegally received $88 million in pandemic-era loans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance: Pro-life activists should focus on state wins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2549172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/vance.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4310,35138,8347,3756,71761],"class_list":["post-2549171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abortion","tag-j-d-vance","tag-pro-life","tag-republicans","tag-state-level-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/vance.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549171","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549178,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549171\/revisions\/2549178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}