By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist, August 28, 2024
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.
Trump’s “reproductive rights” rhetoric is certainly reprimandable. But it shouldn’t be the ultimate focus of pro-lifers’ ire this November.
Some of the biggest players in the national pro-life movement are justifiably frustrated with the ambiguous abortion rhetoric plaguing former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. As Election Day draws nearer, however, those committed to protecting unborn life should focus their energy on combatting the deceptive ballot measures that threaten to undermine the most important and effective tool in the pro-life playbook: state safeguards.
There is no doubt that the GOP’s surrender on abortion leaves a huge bloc of their voters (as well as the women and babies they often claim to protect) hanging out to dry. Trump’s insistence that abortion should be left “up to the states” gives Democrats and abortion giants a free pass to target Republican strongholds like Florida with their extreme abortion agenda. ….