It's Thursday, September 5, 2024. I'm Albert Molar and this is the briefing, a daily

analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Abortion is on the ballot in a general sense everywhere Americans are voting,

most particularly in the presidential election.

But today I want to focus on the fact that in no less than 10 states abortion is on the ballot as a direct ballot question.

And this is in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision in 2022 reversing Roe v. Wade. And what we see here is a title surge of those who are trying to bring by

voter action abortion rights into the law sometimes into the constitutions of

the respective states.

And here's where the pro-life movement has to be very sober, very serious, and very honest.

We've lost virtually every one of the statewide votes since the Dobbs decision in

2022. Even in places such as Kansas and Kentucky, which have been red states with a

pro-life sentiment. It just turns out that the states weren't as pro-life as we thought

when it actually came to a voter action and that's why we should all be concerned about these 10 states

because this is a concerted effort and even as this is a state

level effort in these 10 different states there are 10 different documents 10

different sets of legal language.

Some of these are legislative, some of these are constitutional in terms of the state constitution,

but the big point here is that the pro-abortion movement sees this as a massive opportunity. And in an even darker way the

Democratic presidential and vice presidential ticket sees this to their

advantage. The Democratic Party sees this to their advantage, which is why you had efforts to try to get

these kinds of questions put before voters in states where the Democrats

believe they have the opportunity for a pickup, particularly in the Senate but also in some

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