4 States Could Paint an Unfortunate Picture for the US Pro-Life Movement
The House and Senate are each up for grabs, as are 36 governor’s mansions this fall. But for the pro-life movement, four states could provide a picture of where its national fortunes lie — and the track record suggests they may want to prepare for the worst. In the 17 ballot referenda since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the Roe v. Wade regime, pro-lifers have won in only two states. As such, if they can come away with wins in Idaho and Missouri next month, it will be a very good night. Three would be a miracle; one, or none, a grim reminder of how many Americans reflexively side with a more permissive abortion regime over a more restrictive one. Some do so because they place “reproductive autonomy” as the highest good — that a person should be able to be pregnant, or not, at whatever time of their choosing, using whatever means necessary, whether that means destroying unborn lives…
