This is only true if playing defense remains the key component of the GOP’s strategy on the matter while the Dems continue their ad blitz.
I get it, the prospect of responding to iniquitous ads about “old men controlling women's bodies” with the traditional arsenal of pro-life talking points is a daunting one, especially knowing that Democrats deploy rhetorical tricks better than Republicans.
The decision to rebrand the pro-abortion group from “NARAL Pro-Choice America” to “Reproductive Freedom for All” is a great example. Such phrasing makes the centerpiece of the abortion debate less coherent, while reproductive freedom sounds liberating.
Ambiguously framing the discussion around “reproductive rights” when in reality the root disagreement is about the right to kill children in a womb is obviously flawed logic but that’s the point.
Republicans meanwhile have yet to counter these fallacious arguments, something that should cause concern amongst conservatives because until they are ridiculed, fallacious arguments are simply persuasive ones in the mind of the general public.
In fact, ever since a late August memo from Kellyanne Conway implored Republicans to go on the “offensive” regarding abortion they haven’t offered a significant rebuttal to the left’s “reproductive justice” scam.
Even President Trump scaled back his traditional pro-life tone in an effort to appease moderates and soften the blow of the abortion earthquake.
His backers characterized the comments as an empty political appeal, but this is a dangerous game. Firstly, because it’s defensive in nature. Secondly, because it squanders an opportunity to take advantage of what could be a great weakness for a ruling party in favor of killing babies even when a child survives an abortion. Democrat strategists and Obama alum Jim Messina view abortion as a winning issue and they’re right…if Republicans refuse to play offense.
But if they choose to stand on principles and protect life, there is a way to do it tactically.
Elephant in the Room
The abortion racket runs through the communities of color. Why aren't the big brains at the NRSC or Republican Gubernatorial Association alerting voters to this?
Planned Parenthood, which frequently puts Black women in public-facing leadership positions strongly targets Black markets.
This targeting is a huge source of contention considering the organization's racist roots, and ripe for messaging to amplify that tension.
The legacy of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger as a eugenicist with a mission to eradicate society of Blacks, immigrants, and people with disabilities may be a moderately known talking point but that doesn’t mean reminding voters of it isn’t effective.
Voters should also remember that Sanger deviously paid Black Americans in Harlem to convince others to support the hidden agenda behind her “Negro Project.”
Today, Democrats convince minorities abortion is good by repackaging it as “reproductive justice,” a term they say was coined by Black women in 1994.
Reproductive justice has three core tenets. The first two aren’t controversial at all: “the right to carry out a wanted pregnancy,” and “the right to raise a child in a safe, healthy society.”
The third tenet–the “right to end a pregnancy” is what causes division. Why hasn’t the left labeled its movement “An End to Pregnancy for All?”
It may be more honest, but it doesn’t win elections. The data on how reproductive justice benefits the Black community is quite sobering.
Black women account for 36 percent of abortions despite being only 13 percent of the population.
A whopping 43 black babies will die by abortion for every 100 births compared to 12 deaths for their white counterparts.
Why hasn’t the RNC laid any of this out with their war chest of $39 million dollars?
Abortionists are so frightened by such lines of attacks that they’ve taken preemptive steps to reduce damage like removing homages to Margaret Sanger. But last year, the CEO of Planned Parenthood admitted the history of their racist founder was still an issue today.
Instead of leveraging this knowledge, Republicans either offer silence, while continuing their non-strategic plunge toward the middle or worse.
Earlier this year, a state senator, Steve Erdman (R- Nebraska) used less than eloquent language on the Senate floor while speaking in favor of a heartbeat bill by using a “great replacement theory” like argument.
That’s clearly a lot less eye-opening than demonstrating why the party obsessed with appealing to Black voters with symbolic gestures is responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of black babies in utero.
Lean into Science
If Republicans want to stick to principles on life, their strategists will have to beat back claims of “extremism” by embracing science, something Democrats claim to love.
Thanks to scientific advancements, experts have a pretty clear grasp of the development of fetuses and science isn’t on the side of reproductive freedom riders.
A mere 19 days after gestation, a fetus’ neural plate begins to form in addition to the foundation of the spine.
There are indications babies in utero can feel pain in the first trimester as they can respond to physical stimuli such as the presence of a foreign object as early as 12 weeks.
The impact of in-utero trauma is not only real but generational. Teens are often pressured into abortions by older family members who got pressured the same way. The emotional, physical and overall quality of life decline that follows an abortion is a shocking trauma that goes unresolved for many.
Subjects like women developing mental disorders after an abortion are too taboo for NARAL, Planned Parenthood and their friends in office who do their genocidal bidding to counter.
Instead of simply railing against Democrats for supporting late term abortions as longshot candidate for office Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) has recently done in ads, he should describe exactly how callous those abortions are based upon the above scientific realities.
Just imagine how a Democratic candidate for office might freeze when confronted with the news that a child’s nerves form in the first trimester in a live tv debate.
Call Out the Media
The unidentified culprit behind improperly framing the public discussion surrounding abortion is the establishment media, who uses Democrat Party messaging on the subject like referring to most pieces of legislation as a “ban” on the procedure.
As Marjorie Dannenfelser explains:
Laws that allow for abortions for any reason for five full months get the absurd misnomer ‘20-week ban.’ In case they missed it, the dictionary definition of ‘ban’ is ‘to forbid someone to do something’… in no state are all abortions forbidden.
The Associated Press Stylebook, the writing and reference guide for the field of journalism and English writing at-large, is full of rules which require writers to use partisan language.
Planned Parenthood in Nebraska was quick to celebrate when the AP updated the Stylebook to instruct journalists not to use the term fetal heartbeat because “it’s not a heart.”
Why avoid the term when the studies in the National Library of Medicine on cardiac embryology that reside online and have been cited nearly 100 times state otherwise?
Could you imagine how silly Meet the Press’ Kristen Welker would have looked if former President Trump and his media team were ready to challenge her on the grounds of these some racial or scientific points?
The press, often referred to as the 4th branch of government, needs to be punched in the face from time to time for their powers to be held in check. No one should know this better than 45.
Only 22% of Americans believe abortion should be available at any time during pregnancy but about 60% of people believe abortion should generally be legal.
This means the framing in federal and statewide is crucial and conservatives ought to solve their messaging woes fast.
Democrats and their friends in the media have constantly revealed what they're scared of and its conservatives scoring points in a substantive discussion about abortion. Will the RNC do anything with the ball or leave those points on the field?
