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When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January<\/a>, he’ll be joined by a slightly narrower, but still present, pro-life majority in Congress.<\/p>\n

According to RealClearPolitics (as of 8:00AM Wednesday\u00a0morning), Democrats picked up nine seats<\/a> in the House of Representatives (with the Republicans picking up three) and one seat<\/a> in the Senate, though Republicans retain majorities of 237-191 and 52-47, respectively. (There are also conflicting<\/a> reports<\/a> on the possibility of Democrat Joe Manchin, who\u00a0dissented from his party’s platform on abortion<\/a>, defecting to the GOP.)<\/p>\n

The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List reports<\/a> that\u00a0notable victories for pro-life candidates include incumbents: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Missouri\u00a0Sen. Roy Blunt, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey,\u00a0Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock, Utah Rep. Mia Love, California Rep. Mimi Walters, Michigan Reps. Tim Walberg and Mike Bishop, Iowa Rep. Rod Blum, Washington Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Jaime Herrera Beutler<\/a>, and New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith.<\/p>\n

Pro-life newcomers include Reps.-elect Lloyd Smucker of\u00a0Pennsylvania (succeeding pro-lifer Joe Pitts),\u00a0Claudia Tenney of New York (filling a vacancy left by pro-abortion Republican Richard Hanna), and Liz Cheney of Wyoming (running for an open seat), and Sen.-elect\u00a0Todd Young of Indiana<\/a> (who defeated incumbent Evan Bayh).<\/p>\n

Interestingly, among\u00a0the few Republicans who\u00a0lost their seats is Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk<\/a>. Kirk\u00a0has a 0% score<\/a> with the National Right to Life Committee and was the only Republican to vote against defunding Planned Parenthood in the wake of the organization’s\u00a0fetal organ harvesting scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Actual pro-lifers who lost include\u00a0Rep. Joe Heck\u00a0of Nevada, who\u00a0lost his Senate bid to pro-abortion candidate Catherine Cortez Masto, Tonia Khouri of Illinois, who was running against incumbent Rep.\u00a0Bill Foster, and incumbent Rep.\u00a0John Mica of Florida.<\/p>\n

As of the time of this writing, pro-life New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s race has not yet been called. She is neck-and neck<\/a> with Democrat challenger Maggie Hassan.<\/p>\n

While it of course remains to be seen whether the candidates who won Tuesday night will follow through on their pro-life pledges, and while the Senate majority does not meet the 60<\/a>-vote threshold necessary to ignore the threat of a filibuster<\/a>, the 2016 election results have opened a path to enacting a robust pro-life agenda over the next four years, including the defunding and possible prosecution of Planned Parenthood, the confirmation of\u00a0a pro-life successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and the repeal of Obamacare’s provisions forcing Americans to subsidize abortifacient drugs against their will — and that’s just the start.<\/p>\n

Live Action President Lila Rose commented<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Public opinion on abortion is transforming as more and more Americans recognize life inside the womb and refuse to accept the idea that women\u2019s rights are incompatible with children\u2019s rights. Increasingly, Americans are pro-life and demand better for both women and preborn children than the violence that our laws condone.<\/p>\n

Live Action\u2019s platform and compelling visual media are educating millions of people every week with the truth about abortion and human dignity. We will continue our efforts to expose the violence of abortion and work with the new Congress and president to stop the billions of taxpayer dollars that prop up the abortion industry. United, the pro-life movement can eradicate the greatest human rights abuse of our time and rebuild a culture that respects every person\u2019s most fundamental right \u2014 the right to life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, he’ll be joined by a slightly narrower, but still present, pro-life majority in Congress. 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