Abortion is back in the news (as if it was always in the news). The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state’s November ballot measure can include the phrase “unborn human beings” to describe those whose lives are lost through abortion. Wednesday’s decision overturned a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling that said this kind of honesty was somehow biased.
The decision infuriated pro-abortion activists who wanted babies to be called “fetuses” on the ballot, but they argue it’s fair because obscuring reality is a favorite — and essential — tactic of Democrats to convince Americans to support abortion after the first trimester.
It’s tempting to believe that this tactic, supported by Arizona’s Republican legislature, may catch on in the future. He fought radical pro-abortion ballot initiatives that passed even in Republican-leaning states, boosting Democratic turnout.
But there are a few problems with this idea. First, you need a hard-core Congress, Secretary of State, Attorney General, etc. willing to push back on this fight. Second, you need courts willing to call out Democrats for misinformation — a difficult combination in many states, including those run by Republicans.
For example, Montana’s Republican attorney general fought pro-abortion groups over vague ballot language that essentially wrote into the state constitution that abortion providers can determine the viability of a fetus and the health risks to the mother. In April, the court rejected his amendment.
Abortion up to the stage of a viable fetus is already legal in the state, and on Wednesday the same court overturned a Montana law that required parental consent for a child to have an abortion, citing privacy concerns about abortion. Dobbs It is a decision. Not every legislator, official or court is up to the task.
Not all voters are like that. In New York, Democrats are currently fighting to put the word “abortion” and the phrase “LGBTQ” on the ballot, arguing that the state’s elections board’s Orwellian use of “gender expression” and “reproductive health and autonomy” in the state’s Equal Rights Amendment doesn’t tell voters what the issues are.
“This,Dobbs The pro-abortion editorial board of the New York Daily News predicts that “California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio will pass abortion bills in 2022 and 2023.” Written on Thursday.
In each state, voters either approved the addition of explicit protections for abortion to their state constitutions with the word “abortion” or rejected the addition of explicit restrictions or limitations on abortion with the word “abortion.” In every case, the protections and prohibitions used the word “abortion.” And in every case, the pro-abortion side prevailed, with California, Michigan, and Ohio approving constitutional protections and Kansas and Kentucky rejecting constitutional bans.
It remains to be seen how it all plays out, but as Democrats strive to exploit Americans’ innate liberal tendencies with “pro-abortion” ballot measures, it is becoming increasingly clear that the next front will be a battle of words.
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