Republicans have to get real about abortion to win in 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In addition to Nebraska and South Carolina anti-abortion efforts also flopped last year in Kansas, which President Trump won by nearly 15 points in 2020.
56% : Less than one quarter of Americans think that abortion should be permitted at any time during pregnancy.
55% : Pro-life advocates should realize that if the GOP continues to lose elections, they will lose the war, and not just the battle.
54% : As NPR reports: "Two-thirds say abortion should only be allowed, at most, within the first three months during pregnancy.
50% : Most Republicans (86%) and independents (73%) favor restricting abortion to, at most, the first trimester of pregnancy.
49% : Democrats have demonstrated their preferences by passing, in 2019, for example, a New York law allowing abortion at any time up to delivery at nine months, offering virtually zero protections for a viable fetus.
49% : Moreover, continued losses by the GOP could result in a newly liberal Supreme Court, which could undermine important religious freedoms.
48% : This is how extreme Democrats have become on abortion; this is the kind of law they want to enact across the country.
44% : In recent days, Nebraska attempted to pass a law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, at which point a heartbeat can normally be detected.
44% : In upcoming elections, Republicans can continue to champion unpopular restrictions on abortion or they can find a middle ground and move toward the majority and start winning.
42% : "I don't believe senators or representatives need to be focused on abortion or erectile dysfunction... if we are going to insist upon governing any of it, I'm going to insist we govern all of it."
41% : Republican lawmakers who want to enact severe limits on abortion, like the six-week law endorsed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, may win support from evangelicals or other religious groups, but those groups do not represent the majority of the country.
39% : For Republicans, the fight over abortion is a matter of conscience; it is also quickly becoming a matter of survival.
39% : Kansas had already enacted some limitations to abortion but voters shocked many by voting down a more severe ban 59% to 41%.
36% : That drastic limitations on abortion are proving unpopular should come as no surprise.

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