Republicans and Pro-Life Leaders Look to Find Common Ground on Platform

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "Majority Is Against Restricting AbortionSince the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision that overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, voters in seven states -- including traditional pro-family values states such as Kansas and Montana -- have approved pro-abortion ballot initiatives.
43% : In his visit to Capitol Hill in mid-June during which he addressed congressional Republicans, Trump stressed the need to "speak correctly" about abortion, meaning that state's rights and support for exceptions should be stressed.
37% : A letter signed by 10 prominent pro-life leaders in late June, including Dannenfelser, Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, and Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, urged Trump to "make clear that you do not intend to weaken the pro-life plank" and to support a "human life amendment to the Constitution.
33% : Former President Donald Trump's April decision to oppose a national abortion ban sparked off a series of exchanges between the camps, including a letter signed by 10 high-profile leaders in the pro-life movement who warned against weakening the language in a pro-life plank, the replacement of two pro-life delegates on the platform committee with Trump loyalists, the decision to restrict the public and media from party platform committee proceedings, and an enraged all-caps post from Trump on his social media platform Truth Social.
28% : In response to criticism from the pro-life community of his announcement to oppose a federal abortion ban, Trump took to Truth Social in April and wrote: "Marjorie Dannenfelser should study the 10th Amendment and States' Rights.

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