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In an interview with The Cut<\/a>, a key abortion activist has revealed the tactics she used to secure defeats of pro-life initiatives at the ballot box in Kansas and Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Rachel Sweet served as the head of the pro-abortion coalition in Kansas opposing the pro-life ballot initiative, and subsequently also as the campaign manager for the Protect Kentucky Access pro-abortion initiative.<\/p>\n

In August, Kansans rejected the Value Them Both<\/a> ballot initiative that would have enabled the state legislature to enact protections for preborn children, and thus overcome the state supreme court\u2019s ruling that abortion is a protected constitutional right, as Live Action News reported<\/a>. In November, voters in Kentucky rejected Amendment 2<\/a>, which would have explicitly stated that the state\u2019s constitution does not protect the right to abortion. Pro-lifers hoped to pass this measure in light of the legal challenges to the state\u2019s pro-life protections, which are currently before the state\u2019s supreme court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the interview with The Cut, Sweet discussed her efforts to secure an outcome favorable to abortion advocates. In building her pro-abortion messaging campaigns, Sweet stated that it was imperative to do \u201cresearch to figure out the messaging that is going to work with voters,\u201d and that \u201cin Kansas and Kentucky, there were differences in how we deployed the message.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What became clear is that her tactics relied on hiding the truth \u2014 that abortion kills an innocent human being \u2014 as well as disinformation about pro-life objectives on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Sweet stated that her strategy in Kentucky was to emphasize \u201cthe idea that passing extreme restrictions impacts medical care for pregnancy complications and miscarriages.\u201d She described this approach as \u201cmore of an empathy message\u201d that involved \u201ca lot more first-person storytelling.\u201d Yet Sweet\u2019s message relied on false premises and deception about the reality of treatment for pregnancy complications and miscarriages \u2013 and thus misleading those she hoped to influence. Her strategy aligns with a false media narrative<\/a> that spreads myths<\/a> about pro-life laws in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em>. The truth is that induced abortion, which is the direct and intentional killing<\/a> of a preborn child, is not medically necessary<\/a> to treat a woman\u2019s pregnancy complications.<\/p>\n

Sweet\u2019s approach in Kansas was to cast the measure as extreme, and appeal to a live-and-let-live sensibility among voters who had no strong moral convictions. \u201cWe don\u2019t need to change anything about the constitution in Kansas. This is about the government getting involved in your personal business. We don\u2019t need that,\u201d Sweet said of her message to Kansas voters, according to The Cut.<\/p>\n

Sweet tailored her use of disinformation and obfuscation to those who may be undecided about the issue. \u201cWhat we have seen broadly is that there are people who personally wouldn\u2019t choose to have an abortion and don\u2019t really like it. They don\u2019t like talking about it. They generally think it\u2019s bad. But they understand that there are cases where it is the best of a series of not-good choices that one can have before them,\u201d Sweet said.<\/p>\n

Sweet believes that abortion activists can continue to push back against pro-life measures and advance pro-abortion policies using a \u201cvery state-specific approach\u201d that is \u201cled by in-state partners who are already on the ground doing the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The kinds of tactics employed by Sweet and other abortion activists are not easily overcome, but by understanding them, pro-lifers can better focus their efforts. As pro-life advocate and apologist Scott Klusendorf argued on Facebook<\/a> in the aftermath of the failure of Kansas\u2019s pro-life ballot measure, despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the work of pro-lifers to win hearts and minds remains urgent. \u201cThe worldview assumptions that make abortion plausible to millions of our fellow citizens are deeply entrenched in culture and they are not going away anytime soon, even with Roe\u2019s demise,” Klusendorf wrote. “If we don\u2019t engage at the idea level, we lose. We need a massive influx of equipped and trained pro-life apologists to impact their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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