Abortion foes seek vows from 2024 GOP hopefuls

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : One of the most influential groups, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, is likely to ask candidates to sign a pledge supporting a federal minimum limit on abortion at no later than 15 weeks of pregnancy.
47% : The group has long assessed candidates' records and public statements on abortion and spent millions in each election cycle, though it usually doesn't make endorsements in the primary, with the exception of Rick Santorum in 2012.
47% : Texas Values Action typically puts out a candidate questionnaire, and in last year's midterm elections, the survey included multiple abortion-related asks. "Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that abortion is not a constitutional right, there will be a lot of focus on how a candidate has handled the pro-life issue in his or her state or if they've been in some other elected position at any other level," said Jonathan Saenz, the president of Texas Values Action, whose group typically endorses candidates in the primary and likely will again in the 2024 presidential election cycle.
47% : "Their record will be looked at very closely." Most of these groups are still firming up their plans since it's early in the election cycle, but the emerging pressure campaign underscores that abortion will be a top-tier issue in the GOP primary.
45% : Most of the Republican field is expected to be unified in opposing abortion.
45% : Both the Heritage Foundation and its political arm, Heritage Action, want to hear presidential candidates come out in support of what abortion opponents call "heartbeat legislation" or a ban on abortion even earlier in pregnancy.
44% : Since the summer, antiabortion groups have been scrambling to build on their 49-year crusade to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying that was just the beginning, as abortion rights groups work to counteract state-level bans on abortion.
44% : At a gala this month in Naples, Fla., Hawkins told a crowd of dozens of Students for Life Action donors and others that the fight over abortion was far from over, describing overturning Roe v. Wade as once seeming like an "insurmountable challenge." "I can't ignore the moment that we're in," she said.
43% : But divisions are likely to emerge when drilling down into specific policies, such as how early in pregnancy to restrict abortion, what exceptions should be allowed and whether some of those decisions should be left up to states.
43% : In a recent Today Show interview, she didn't say whether she'd support a limit at 15 weeks, saying there should be "consensus" found on abortion while indicating she didn't support a "full-out federal ban because I don't think that's been put on the table."
42% : Democrats contend the results show the public is on their side, and nearly two-thirds of adults say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonpartisan group that surveyed Americans' attitudes toward abortion last year.
39% : And Students for Life Action is developing a survey asking candidates whether they'll promise to appoint cabinet members who oppose abortion, such as in the justice and health departments; if they'd sign legislation to restrict abortions early in pregnancy; their stances on abortion pills and more.
38% : The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, is exploring holding candidate forums or debates, where the issue of abortion would be front and center.
35% : The group also may ask about protections for health care workers and pharmacists who raise conscience objections to abortion, as well as questions about judicial and cabinet appointments.
33% : Antiabortion leaders blame the midterm results on some Republican candidates who failed to paint Democrats as extreme or who shied away from talking about abortion - and now they're warning upcoming GOP presidential contenders to take firm stances on the issue.
31% : Trump cheered the Supreme Court decision last summer but didn't respond to questions about where he stands on national restrictions on abortion.
30% : Its questions will likely include whether the candidate would be willing to sign into law specific bills banning abortion early in pregnancy, how they'd crack down on abortion pills and whether they would defund Planned Parenthood.

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