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The November elections
were a huge win for
pro-lifers and resulted
in huge gains in the
Congress. That's what
makes the comments of
SOME conservatives and
SOME Republicans so
unpersuasive when they
try to kick pro-lifers
to the curb and tell the
new Republican House
majority not to take on
socially conservative
issues like abortion.
Pro-lifers have earned
the right to action on
our issues. There would
be no Republican
majority in the House
nor the substantial
gains in the Senate
without so many
candidates taking a
pro-life position.
Pro-lifers have known
for many years that
there is a general
pro-life advantage for
candidates taking a
pro-life position. This
year was no different.
Right after the
election,
the Polling Company
found that 31
percent of voters said
that abortion "affected"
their vote. 22% of all
voters voted for
pro-life candidates,
while only 8 percent
voted for pro-abortion
candidates. That gave
pro-life candidates a
net pro-life advantage
of 14 percent. There are
not many legislators who
will kick a cause with a
14 percent advantage to
the curb.
When asked "did the
issue of funding for
abortion in the Obama
health care law affect
the way you voted in
today's election?," 31%
of all voters said yes.
27 percent of all voters
voted "for candidates
who opposed the health
care law," and 4% who
said they voted "for
candidates who favored
the health care law."
That means 87 percent of
the voters who opposed
the abortion funding
provisions of the
Reid-Obama-Pelosi
abortion health care law
supported the candidate
who held our position.
National Right to Life's
Douglas Johnson says "
there has been a net
shift in the pro-life
direction in the House
of 40 to 55 votes,
depending on the issue."
It was also a good year
to have pro-lifers on
your side. Despite being
vastly outspent by
abortion advocates,
National Right to Life
notes that their PAC
"supported 285 federal
candidates nationwide.
Of those, 235 (or 82%)
won their races." "In
the most competitive
races, National Right to
Life PAC actively worked
in 122 federal races
nationwide. Of those, 84
(or 74%) won" with nine
are still undecided at
the time. Of these
twenty candidates were
in highly competitive
races against candidates
supported abortion
supporting EMILY's List.
In 70 percent of those
races, the pro-life
candidate supported by
National Right to Life
PAC won.
Now you know why Planned
Parenthood, NARAL and
others are in hysterics,
begging their supporters
for more money and
promising not to go
away. There were
exceptions like Harry
Reid. But Reid had to
pretend to be pro-life
and paint himself as the
"reasonable" pro-lifer
and his opponent as
being an extremist. More
on that in the days to
come.
After the election one
conservative Nevada
radio personality asked
whether the pro-life
position is a
conservative position. O
well. There may be some
conservatives who are
not pro-life but a
substantial majority
are. And not only is the
pro-life position the
conservative position,
it's THE American
position.
The Polling Company
found that 53 percent of
those voting in 2010
said they opposed almost
all abortions and only
41 percent supported
abortion regardless of
the reason. And most of
that 41 percent (25
percent) would limit
abortion to the first
three months of life.
That's why a spokeswoman
for Gallup can call the
pro-life position "The
New Normal."
That's also why
pro-lifers can expect to
and will see important
pro-life legislation and
action not only in the
Congress, but in the
states. There's no doubt
that we've earned it.
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