Voters in seven out of ten states recently approved ballot measures to protect or expand abortion. States like Arizona, Maryland, and New York just approved measures to enshrine abortion in their constitutions, reflecting a strong response to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

In places like Missouri and Montana, where state legislatures previously enacted restrictive abortion laws, pro-abortion ballot measures passed, giving abortion activists a model for challenging existing bans. Even states with generally conservative leanings and who vote for Republican politicians saw voter-led support for abortion.

Overall, and when taking into consideration the elections since Roe’s overturn, pro-life laws have generally been a losing issue at the ballot box. In 2022, Kansas voters struck down a proposal that would have declared that their state Constitution doesn’t protect abortion rights.

That same year, California, Michigan, and Vermont moved to enshrine abortion access into their constitutions during the midterms, while Montana voters rejected a measure that would have provided legal rights to infants born alive after failed abortion attempts.

Kentucky voters also declined a similar anti-abortion amendment. And just last November, Ohio followed suit, choosing to create a constitutional amendment to protect abortion.

Many of the left-wing pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) spend millions of dollars supporting ballot initiatives, usually far more than pro-life groups spend.

George Soros-backed dark money groups also spent millions of dollars in 2023 on Ohio’s ballot question on abortion. These groups do not even operate within the state, but send donations out of blue cities such as Washington DC, and New York.

Donald Trump, after taking credit for returning the abortion issue back to the states, has stated he would not sign into law a national abortion ban. Now, pro-life Republicans are left to change minds from the ground up, though at present, Americans appear to favor abortion.

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Cyndee Pacheco2 years ago

It's a sad state in the U.S. when child-killing is deemed a right.

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Bob Hrebec2 years ago

I'm confused. It's okay to have a late term abortion, killing a viable baby, but capital punishment for heinous crimes is not. weird set of values.

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Cynthia Knowland2 years ago

I believe that the federal gov’t should stop funding abortions through Planned Parenthood. If that murder mill wants to continue, there might be little for me to do about it. However I should not have to pay for it! Stop funding to Planned Parenthood.

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Stefan Cameron2 years ago

I think this is the case because the pro-abortion lobby is very successful at putting adults at the center, and babies at the periphery as it they were discardable, unessential, inconsequential to our lives. But this is a LIFE -- a miracle -- and we're willing to flush it down the toilet, or tear it apart limb by limb, out of convenience!? Children are our future. Without children, our country and our freedoms will disappear. The narrative should be flipped to put children/babies at the center of the discussion (of our lives), recognizing their blessing and value to our society and our future, letting everything else fall out from that. As adults, whether parents or not, part of our responsibilities should be to protect our future generation, not to kill it. Here's a great discussion the Heritage Foundation held recently on flipping that narrative around, "Protecting Children: Race, Family, and the Border" https://youtu.be/2prKoEAK4aU?si=n9U9D8MMRA5_Uyvl

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Rich Henke2 years ago

A very graphic description of what takes place in an abortion is what led me to become a staunch pro-life advocate. Far too many people have bought into the pro-abortion lie that “it’s just a blob of tissue.” And far too many people uninformed people are willing to choose sides on an issue that doesn’t personally affect them and about which they are ignorant.

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Teresa Richard2 years ago

This is such a sad commentary. No one talks about the aftermath of an abortion. They are told this is a one and done procedure. It is not. One day. One day that women will sit down with the realization her baby has been killed. Will Planned Parenthood be there to help?? All involved in this evil practice will have to account for their actions One Day.

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Chris Carbott2 years ago

Abortion is a personal issue, not a government issue. Families have to make the decision. We on the pro-life side need to do what we can not only to make the moral case against abortion but educate people about and facilitate access to the alternatives to abortion.

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Carrie Thompson 2 years ago

It’s a difficult topic. Too bad people don’t focus more on abstinence rather than a quick choice after a bad decision. As far as rape, many have said that it doesn’t erase the fact a rape happened it ended up added to the guilt. Don’t know a good answer for the incest topic. Other than offenders need the death penalty.

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Patrick Cummings2 years ago

Pro-life is not a losing issue! The pro-death have come up with incredibly deceptive wording for these state constitutional amendments and usually get their message out much more quickly and effectively than the lesser funded pro-life side. So many people in Michigan that I talked to who supported the pro-abortion amendment did not realize how extreme the amendment was. They had no clue about no parental consent, full term abortions and abortionists being held harmless for malpractice.

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William Richardson2 years ago

Abortion is the greatest sin of mankind. It goes against nature and God. Any tacit support of abortion through vote is complicity in murder. The Almighty knows the heart of man, and all should know His righteousness will come to the abortionists and supporters of this horrendous genocide in Judgement.

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David McCool2 years ago

It is important for conservatives to take the debate to the people. If we have well developed arguments that support life, then we will have a chance to reverse this trend. The left have so stoked fear among women in this country, it’s hard to have a rational conversation. Where it needs to start is in our colleges and universities where illiberal leftist dystopia grows unabated. Defund intelligencia where there is no diversity of thought… money is their only true god.

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Ernest Sidlo2 years ago

Prevention not extermination....

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Timothy Benham2 years ago

Pro-life isn't dead. It just reverted back to the states, which is where it should have been in the first place. People, as a state, should decided what is and isn't right for them. In places like Texas and Florida, people don't want abortions to be a normal thing. In other states, like Washington state and California, they want to be able kill any unborn at any time and in the most horrible way possible. The federal government needs to get out of people's lives and not provide monies for something that other people find abhorrent or wicked. If people don't want a pro-death stance in their state, then they need to elect people that support that view or move to a state that supports it.

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Nureet Gross2 years ago

"Now, pro-life Republicans are left to change minds from the ground up, though at present, Americans appear to favor abortion."

I would argue that Americans do not favor abortion; rather, they favor legal accessibility to abortion.

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Laney B2 years ago

This is a glaring report on the sin condition of America. Even pastors like Sen. Raphael Warlock in Atlanta are preaching lies to their people that God, the Creator approves abortion. He won't (can't) cite Ch. & verse but do the people want the truth? KNOW THE WORD OR BELIEVE THE LIES