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Abortion Advocates Look to Redefine Movement in Face of Failures
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
August 2, 2005
**Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – **There’s not much to smile about these days if you’re a leader in the abortion advocacy movement. Pro-life advocates have won elections for the White House and Congress, state legislatures are passing numerous pro-life laws, abortion numbers are at their lowest levels in decades, polling shows support for abortion is down, and one of the pro-abortion justices on the Supreme Court is about to be replaced by someone who has written Roe v. Wade should be overturned.
Recognizing their weakened position, top officials at leading pro-abortion groups say they’re looking to retool their message.
The fight over Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is serving as a wake up call.
Prior to his nomination, pro-abortion groups were gearing up for a monumental battle. During the presidential election, they ran television commercials against President Bush telling voters re-electing him would end legalized abortion as we know it.
Surprisingly, Roberts has proved to be a very noncontroversial nominee and all indications are that he will be confirmed in a much less combative manner than prior Republican nominees.
According to a Newsweek report, a Democratic think tank called Third Way, responsible for moving Democrats to the center on gun control issues, is crafting a new message for Democrats who favor abortion to appeal to average Americans.
Continued at… lifenews.com/nat1504.html
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
August 2, 2005
**Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – **There’s not much to smile about these days if you’re a leader in the abortion advocacy movement. Pro-life advocates have won elections for the White House and Congress, state legislatures are passing numerous pro-life laws, abortion numbers are at their lowest levels in decades, polling shows support for abortion is down, and one of the pro-abortion justices on the Supreme Court is about to be replaced by someone who has written Roe v. Wade should be overturned.
Recognizing their weakened position, top officials at leading pro-abortion groups say they’re looking to retool their message.
The fight over Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is serving as a wake up call.
Prior to his nomination, pro-abortion groups were gearing up for a monumental battle. During the presidential election, they ran television commercials against President Bush telling voters re-electing him would end legalized abortion as we know it.
Surprisingly, Roberts has proved to be a very noncontroversial nominee and all indications are that he will be confirmed in a much less combative manner than prior Republican nominees.
According to a Newsweek report, a Democratic think tank called Third Way, responsible for moving Democrats to the center on gun control issues, is crafting a new message for Democrats who favor abortion to appeal to average Americans.
Continued at… lifenews.com/nat1504.html