By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews, Nov 1, 2024
LifeNews Note: Chuck Donovan is a 50-year veteran of the national debate over the right to life and served from 1981-89 as a writer in the Reagan White House. He is the president of March for Life Action.
Washington, DC – The biggest contest next Tuesday, November 5, is without doubt the race for the White House. With various suggestions that this will be the last quadrennial election in our democracy, put me on the side of those who think it likelier that the race for the White House in 2028 will be in the news before the doomsday talk takes hold. On one subject matter at least, however, next Tuesday’s election will be fateful: the installation of abortion on request in state constitutions.
Florida is arguably the most critical, because of all the states to consider abortion ballot questions to date, it has the most factors in favor of pro-life success. To begin with, advocates of unlimited abortion need to garner 60% of the popular vote to prevail. …