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WASHINGTON\u2014With midterm elections fast approaching, Republicans are once again grappling with an issue they seem to have forgotten how to message: abortion.<\/p>\n

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For years, the GOP embraced the issue, with Republicans touting their pro-life bona fides and pledging to protect the unborn. But since the Supreme Court overturned Roe\u00a0<\/em>v.\u00a0Wade<\/em>, Republicans have struggled to find their footing on the issue. Nowhere is this clearer than at the White House, where President Donald Trump has largely avoided the issue, focusing instead on pro-life wins from his first term.<\/p>\n

Still, many Republican lawmakers have remained engaged on the topic, going so far as to square off with with Trump on issues like abortion drugs. Pro-abortion groups think this will be the key to Democrats\u2019 midterm success.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoters are fed up with Republicans treating their bodies and lives as political pawns, and the backlash is growing,\u201d EMILY\u2019s List President Jessica Mackler said recently. \u201cRepublicans\u2019 politically toxic, anti-abortion agenda fueled Democratic victories up and down the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the country\u2019s top pro-life groups thinks this is wrong \u2014 and it wants Republicans to take note.<\/p>\n

In a memo exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire, SBA Pro-Life America urges Republican candidates to highlight their Democrat opponents\u2019 extremism by focusing on their support for\u00a0late-term abortions. \u201cEvery top-performing message highlights the Democratic candidate\u2019s support for late-term elective abortion,\u201d SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser wrote to Republican candidates in late August.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts just became the 12th state to allow abortions at any point throughout pregnancy \u2014 even when the mother and baby are healthy \u2014 a policy legal in just seven countries. SBA\u2019s memo urges Republicans to prevent Democrats from avoiding specifics when discussing abortion \u2014 something Democrat strategists are encouraging candidates to do \u2014 forcing them to own their votes for policies that many voters find distasteful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese laws make their extreme position undeniably clear \u2014 and voters oppose it by overwhelming margins,\u201d Dannenfelser writes. \u201cOur message testing in swing races this cycle shows that going on offense to call out Democrats\u2019 extremism on late-term abortion moves the margin 4-5 points towards the pro-life candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

SBA Pro-Life America commissioned Evolving Strategies to conduct the polling through randomized controlled trial testing on the effectiveness of three different abortion messages in Senate and gubernatorial races in Iowa: the \u201cattack\u201d message,\u201d the \u201csoft positive\u201d message,\u201d and the \u201chard positive\u201d message.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cattack\u201d message \u2014 highlighting Democrat candidates\u2019 support for late-term elective abortions \u2014 was the most effective, shifting the Republican vote margin by 3.3 points for governor and 4.4 points for Senate. The messages SBA Pro-Life America tested called out candidates for supporting late-term abortions of babies in the third trimester, even when the baby is perfectly healthy, capable of feeling pain, and can survive outside the womb.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2024, a shift of four points for Republicans would have meant a 57-seat majority in the Senate,\u201d Dannenfelser wrote. \u201cA shift this large towards Democrats would have lost the House and the presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n

SBA\u2019s message testing also found strong effects when highlighting that the baby can feel the pain of later-term abortions, and pairing that messaging with another message highlighting the pro-life candidate\u2019s support for \u201creasonable gestational limits with exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

That contrast moved voters between 5.3 and 6.6 points, the memo states. SBA Pro-Life America\u2019s top performing message in a test of Hispanic Texans also moved voters 3.7 points in House races and 6.6 points in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese results match our experience during our 6 million (and counting) visits to voters\u2019 homes across this cycle and the last,\u201d the memo says. \u201c\u2018Normie voters,\u2019 including persuadable Democrats, are generally shocked and outraged to learn that anyone supports elective abortion late into the second and third trimesters.\u201d<\/p>\n

SBA Pro-Life America notes that even \u201cmoderate\u201d Democrats like David Crowley or Sherrod Brown are on the record supporting abortion in the fifth month of pregnancy or later \u2014 putting them on the other side of most Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cElective abortion through all trimesters is the mainstream position of Democratic elected officials and politicians, even though less than half of their voters support such a view,\u201d Dannenfelser wrote. \u201cNearly every single Democrat in Congress has cosponsored or voted for legislation that would legalize late-term elective abortion in every state.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON\u2014With midterm elections fast approaching, Republicans are once again grappling with an issue they seem to have forgotten how to message: abortion.For years, the GOP embraced the issue, with Republicans touting their pro-life bona fides and pledging to protect the unborn. But since the Supreme Court overturned Roe\u00a0v.\u00a0Wade, Republicans have struggled to find their footing on the issue. Nowhere is this clearer than at the White House, where President Donald Trump has largely avoided the issue, focusing instead on pro-life wins from his first term.Still, many Republican lawmakers have remained engaged on the topic, going so far as to square off with with Trump on issues like abortion drugs. Pro-abortion groups think this will be the key to Democrats\u2019 midterm success.\u201cVoters are fed up with Republicans treating their bodies and lives as political pawns, and the backlash is growing,\u201d EMILY\u2019s List President Jessica Mackler said recently. \u201cRepublicans\u2019 politically toxic, anti-abortion agenda fueled Democratic victories up and down the ballot.\u201dOne of the country\u2019s top pro-life groups thinks this is wrong \u2014 and it wants Republicans to take note.In a memo exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire, SBA Pro-Life America urges Republican candidates to highlight their Democrat opponents\u2019 extremism by focusing on their support for\u00a0late-term abortions. \u201cEvery top-performing message highlights the Democratic candidate\u2019s support for late-term elective abortion,\u201d SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser wrote to Republican candidates in late August.Massachusetts just became the 12th state to allow abortions at any point throughout pregnancy \u2014 even when the mother and baby are healthy \u2014 a policy legal in just seven countries. SBA\u2019s memo urges Republicans to prevent Democrats from avoiding specifics when discussing abortion \u2014 something Democrat strategists are encouraging candidates to do \u2014 forcing them to own their votes for policies that many voters find distasteful.\u201cThese laws make their extreme position undeniably clear \u2014 and voters oppose it by overwhelming margins,\u201d Dannenfelser writes. \u201cOur message testing in swing races this cycle shows that going on offense to call out Democrats\u2019 extremism on late-term abortion moves the margin 4-5 points towards the pro-life candidate.\u201dSBA Pro-Life America commissioned Evolving Strategies to conduct the polling through randomized controlled trial testing on the effectiveness of three different abortion messages in Senate and gubernatorial races in Iowa: the \u201cattack\u201d message,\u201d the \u201csoft positive\u201d message,\u201d and the \u201chard positive\u201d message.The \u201cattack\u201d message \u2014 highlighting Democrat candidates\u2019 support for late-term elective abortions \u2014 was the most effective, shifting the Republican vote margin by 3.3 points for governor and 4.4 points for Senate. The messages SBA Pro-Life America tested called out candidates for supporting late-term abortions of babies in the third trimester, even when the baby is perfectly healthy, capable of feeling pain, and can survive outside the womb.\u201cIn 2024, a shift of four points for Republicans would have meant a 57-seat majority in the Senate,\u201d Dannenfelser wrote. \u201cA shift this large towards Democrats would have lost the House and the presidency.\u201dSBA\u2019s message testing also found strong effects when highlighting that the baby can feel the pain of later-term abortions, and pairing that messaging with another message highlighting the pro-life candidate\u2019s support for \u201creasonable gestational limits with exceptions.\u201dThat contrast moved voters between 5.3 and 6.6 points, the memo states. SBA Pro-Life America\u2019s top performing message in a test of Hispanic Texans also moved voters 3.7 points in House races and 6.6 points in the Senate.\u201cThese results match our experience during our 6 million (and counting) visits to voters\u2019 homes across this cycle and the last,\u201d the memo says. \u201c\u2018Normie voters,\u2019 including persuadable Democrats, are generally shocked and outraged to learn that anyone supports elective abortion late into the second and third trimesters.\u201dSBA Pro-Life America notes that even \u201cmoderate\u201d Democrats like David Crowley or Sherrod Brown are on the record supporting abortion in the fifth month of pregnancy or later \u2014 putting them on the other side of most Americans.\u201cElective abortion through all trimesters is the mainstream position of Democratic elected officials and politicians, even though less than half of their voters support such a view,\u201d Dannenfelser wrote. \u201cNearly every single Democrat in Congress has cosponsored or voted for legislation that would legalize late-term elective abortion in every state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\nCould Late-Term Abortion Be The Key To A Republican Midterm Sweep? One Group Thinks So. - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2603\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Could Late-Term Abortion Be The Key To A Republican Midterm Sweep? One Group Thinks So. - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON\u2014With midterm elections fast approaching, Republicans are once again grappling with an issue they seem to have forgotten how to message: abortion.For years, the GOP embraced the issue, with Republicans touting their pro-life bona fides and pledging to protect the unborn. But since the Supreme Court overturned Roe\u00a0v.\u00a0Wade, Republicans have struggled to find their footing on the issue. Nowhere is this clearer than at the White House, where President Donald Trump has largely avoided the issue, focusing instead on pro-life wins from his first term.Still, many Republican lawmakers have remained engaged on the topic, going so far as to square off with with Trump on issues like abortion drugs. Pro-abortion groups think this will be the key to Democrats\u2019 midterm success.\u201cVoters are fed up with Republicans treating their bodies and lives as political pawns, and the backlash is growing,\u201d EMILY\u2019s List President Jessica Mackler said recently. \u201cRepublicans\u2019 politically toxic, anti-abortion agenda fueled Democratic victories up and down the ballot.\u201dOne of the country\u2019s top pro-life groups thinks this is wrong \u2014 and it wants Republicans to take note.In a memo exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire, SBA Pro-Life America urges Republican candidates to highlight their Democrat opponents\u2019 extremism by focusing on their support for\u00a0late-term abortions. \u201cEvery top-performing message highlights the Democratic candidate\u2019s support for late-term elective abortion,\u201d SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser wrote to Republican candidates in late August.Massachusetts just became the 12th state to allow abortions at any point throughout pregnancy \u2014 even when the mother and baby are healthy \u2014 a policy legal in just seven countries. 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The messages SBA Pro-Life America tested called out candidates for supporting late-term abortions of babies in the third trimester, even when the baby is perfectly healthy, capable of feeling pain, and can survive outside the womb.\u201cIn 2024, a shift of four points for Republicans would have meant a 57-seat majority in the Senate,\u201d Dannenfelser wrote. \u201cA shift this large towards Democrats would have lost the House and the presidency.\u201dSBA\u2019s message testing also found strong effects when highlighting that the baby can feel the pain of later-term abortions, and pairing that messaging with another message highlighting the pro-life candidate\u2019s support for \u201creasonable gestational limits with exceptions.\u201dThat contrast moved voters between 5.3 and 6.6 points, the memo states. 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