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After the overturn of Roby Wade, pro-choice Democrats have seized an opportunity, they think of political opportunity, to drive home the fear in some states, especially blue states, that abortion is going away.

It's generally seen as a boon to them and as a liability to pro-life Republicans, is that true?

Why, if so, is it true? And does that mean that pro-lifers should be on the defense?

Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to talk about post-dobs pro-life momentum, Harry Scherer, his communications associate at Americans United for Life, author of a recent column for the Federalist titled,

If pro-lifers don't get back on offense, they'll lose all their dobs in momentum.

Harry, welcome.

Thank you, Todd. Thanks for having me.

Why did this recent ballot measure in Ohio that would have made it more difficult to put abortion into the state's constitution fail recently?

So, the content of issue one in Ohio was not about abortion, but it was about raising the threshold for a constitutional amendment in the state from a simple majority to 60%.

Now, this is a great idea in principle, but in practice, the Ohio GOP was essentially asking their own voters to weaken their vote, which is a difficult sell.

And I think that's easy to understand. And that's why it really wasn't a surprise to see even pro-life voters in Ohio didn't come out to the polls a couple weeks ago.

How does that loss, among other things, represent an opportunity for pro-lifers?

Well, the larger point in Ohio is that pro-abortion activists traveled to Ohio and invested in Ohio for a reason.

It's a state that President Trump won by eight points in both 2016 and in 2020.

The state recently sent JD Vance to the Senate this year, who very likely will be a presidential candidate, say in the next 10 years.

He was quick to support the MakeBurth Free Initiative, which was a proposal that our organization, Americans United for Life, proposed earlier this year,

which would subsidize the cost of childbirth for American families.

So for all these reasons, it's very clear that Ohio is a pro-life state.

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