{"id":304767,"date":"2024-01-07T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T15:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=304767"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T02:37:03","slug":"2024-important-pro-life-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/2024-important-pro-life-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 is an important year for the pro-life movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(National Review<\/a>) The year 2024 is looking to be a very important year for the pro-life movement. The second full year since the Dobbs\u00a0<\/em>decision will pose both challenges and opportunities for pro-lifers. At the federal level, Republican members of Congress will again have to fight to save the Hyde amendment. They will also attempt to thwart efforts by the FDA under the Biden administration to make chemical-abortion pills more available. Of course, a victory by a pro-life presidential candidate in November could measurably advance a culture of life through both executive-branch appointments and judicial nominations.<\/p>\n

However, some of the most important political activity will take place at the state level in 2024. A recent article from the Catholic News Agency indicates that supporters of legal abortion are planning on running direct-democracy campaigns in as many as twelve states in the 2024 election cycle. It is hardly a secret that pro-lifers have not fared well in statewide direct-democracy campaigns since the\u00a0Dobbs<\/em>\u00a0decision. However, 2024 may provide some unique and important opportunities for pro-life victories.<\/p>\n

This is for a couple reasons. First, supporters of legal abortion are targeting Florida. Specifically, they are seeking to place a proposition on the Florida ballot that would add a right to abortion before \u201cviability\u201d to the state\u2019s constitution.\u00a0 However, because of the way the Florida\u2019s constitution is written, they will have to obtain 60 percent of the vote to prevail. Recent pro-abortion ballot propositions have never received more than 60 percent support in Michigan, Ohio, and other states where pro-lifers mounted aggressive opposition campaigns.<\/p>\n