Rather than avoiding the pro-life issue, Republican operatives and politicians should ask themselves if they’re doing enough to ensure voters understand Democrats’ radicalism on the issue.
A Moral Duty Perhaps most importantly for those Republicans advocating for a retreat on the pro-life issue, it is worth asking what good the conservative move- ment would be if it wouldn’t fight to conserve innocent human life. If the Republican Party were truly will- ing to give up the pro-life fight for any reason, political or otherwise, then Democrats and the left have already won. As the pro-life, pro-family party, Republicans must also ensure that mothers have the support, medical care, and financial resources they need to support themselves and care for their child. This includes policies to provide for maternity care, paid family leave, job training resources, and child support from fathers, as well as steps to create an ecosystem of churches, pregnancy resource centers, and other services to help every mother know she is not alone. For too long, women have been sold a false choice: that they have to choose between their own well-being
Specifically, do voters know that virtually every Democrat in Congress has voted for extreme late-term abor- tion-on-demand, in some cases even explicitly greenlighting the murder of a baby that is born alive as a result of a botched abortion? Are voters aware of the horrors that take place inside abortion clinics and of the severe health risks for mothers associated with late-term abortions? Additionally, Republicans should ask if they can be doing more to counter the leftist narrative that conserva- tives don’t care about mothers and children and that GOP policies would make it illegal to obtain medical care for miscarriages. At least part of the reason for inef- fective messaging is that, in addi- tion to endless propaganda from a sympathetic media establishment, the pro-abortion movement also has a far more effective left-wing money machine. In the recent Ohio ballot initiative, for instance, pro-abortion groups outspent pro-life groups by a factor of nine to one. Closing this funding gap is critical.
and the life of their child. No mother should be faced with such a heart- wrenching decision. The fall of Roe was not the end of the fight for the pro-life movement, but the beginning of a new phase of the battle. The much greater challenge we face is not legislative; it’s restoring a culture of life and undoing 50 years of lies that have convinced millions of Americans that abortion is the only option for unplanned pregnancies and that unborn babies don’t have inherent value. But if there is one thing the pro-life movement has proven, it is that pro-lifers are not afraid of any chal- lenge, and the moral clarity of their cause will ultimately see them through to victory. Every life is worth saving, and conservatives will not give up this fight until the United States recognizes, protects, and cherishes the right to life. Shane Harris Shane Harris is a writer and political consul- tant from Southwest Ohio. You can follow him on Twitter @ShaneHarris513.
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