Republicans Should Not Abandon Abortion

Written By Ariel

The right to kill our own children, often called abortion, will unfortunately always be up for discussion. At least in a democracy.

There will always be people who believe that ending the life of an innocent child is just. They’ll use the argument that their parents are poor; they aren’t ready to have them; they were created under unpleasant circumstances; or maybe the parents just don’t want them. These tiny deceptive lies that we have been feed as a society have led us to kill millions of people. It has all been done under the guise of “love.”

Main stream media likes to bring abortion up as if it is a very decisive topic that people vote on. Back in 2023, and again in March of 2025, a liberal State Supreme Court Justice won an election in Wisconsin. In 2023, article after article made statements claiming that Republicans were convinced that abortion restrictions were a losing issue. One article, titled “Abortion has become politically fraught for Republicans,” states: “the victory of a liberal candidate in a pivotal race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court was partly down to the issue of abortion, which proved a powerful motivator for voters.” This, of course, is not the only piece that took this one election as a sign that voters are motivated when it comes to the topic of abortion. Here are a few more articles (from 2023) that give the impression that abortion is a large issue for voters:

I could go on, but I think you get the jist. There is one New York Times article, titled “Is a 6-Week Abortion Ban a Disaster for DeSantis? Two Theories,” that looks at whether abortion is a losing issue for Republicans. “Surprisingly,” the article states, “Republicans tended to fare just as well in the midterms in the states where abortion was recently banned as they did in the states where abortion remained legal.”

As much as the news likes to make claims that abortion is a winning or losing issue for political parties, it would seem they are wrong. Most people don’t think too much about abortion, unless they are told they should think about it. In other words, it is not something that most people are directly impacted by like inflation, jobs, the ability to buy the things they need, and so forth. The conclusion Nate Cohn, the author of the New York Times article, makes is that “Republican support for an abortion ban is not, on its own, sufficient to make abortion the predominant issue [that would] bring stiff political costs to conservatives.”

To sum up the media’s statements: Republicans don’t do better or worse when they have a tough stance against abortion. It doesn’t actually matter.

This does not mean that Republicans should abstain from speaking about limiting or wanting to ban abortion. I actually think the main stream media, and Democratic pundits, want Republicans to believe that talking about abortion is a losing issue, when it isn’t. The issue becomes a losing issue when Republicans, or anyone for that matter, stops talking about it and lets it become a secondary issue. However, abortion should be THE issue for Republicans and the losing issue for Democrats.

Let me make myself clear:

Democrats want it to be the main issue, because they think open access to abortion is a winning issue for them. Republicans should make banning abortion a main issue, because it actually IS a winning issue. The narrative the media is trying to spin is backwards. And they are spinning this backwards narrative because they think it will get people to come out and vote for the party that wants to make abortion accessible at any point in a pregnancy. If Republicans back down from the abortion fight, Democrats win on the issue, because they are great at masking their true intentions. By shining light on the Democrat’s agenda, banning abortion becomes a winning issue for Republicans.

It may seem confusing, but Democrats are great at projection and they know their take on abortion is wrong and evil. They dress up something heinous with flowery language and sprinkle a bit of fear around it to convince people that the wrong thing (abortion) is the right thing. Whenever the mask is pulled off, however, most people think abortion should be illegal. Here are three more reasons why Republicans should not back down on abortion:

  1. Without the right to life, nothing else matters.

It is actually that simple: the right to life. The right to make it out of your mother’s womb alive, because your mother wasn’t allowed to kill you, is the most fundamental right a person can have. Without the right to live, the right to give life a try despite the circumstances that particular life will be born into, is the only right that matters in the context of “human rights.” Without this right, all the other rights become obsolete. The right to the freedom of speech, religion, to assemble, to own a gun, to a fair trial, to be innocent until proven guilty, to “humane” punishment do not exist, if the right to live is not the basis for all the others.

It also brings about the political discourse that we have today. Who gets to determine when life begins? Why do they get to determine it? What if they determine that one’s right to live is contingent upon the financial wellbeing of one’s parents? Which may sound ridiculous, but some people actually think that poor people shouldn’t be allowed to have children. Well who determines what is poor? Is it based on a yearly income? Or what possessions a person does or doesn’t have? I hope I am making the point that most of these questions will be answered differently - and currently are answered differently - based on what each individual person believes is “just.” In other words, the answers to these questions become subjective, which means they can change at anytime. Instead, we need to have an objective view of humanity and understand that at the point of conception life begins and that life deserves to live.

2. The reality of abortion motivates more people to be against it rather than for it

You may have seen videos of people being asked if they support abortion. They tend to say yes, in general. Then they are shown a video that explains what an abortion procedure looks like and then they are asked again. Most of the time their answers change. This is exactly what happened to me, when I decided I needed to understand why I believe the things I do. Well, I grew up believing a woman should have the choice even if I wouldn’t personally make that decision. I knew that the act of sex can bring about new life, so partaking in the act of sex meant that I could get pregnant. If I were going to get pregnant, I was going to keep it. But I didn’t think that I should be able to tell another woman what she should do with her body. Doesn’t that sound familiar?

The moment I started to seek out answers on abortion my mind started to change, obviously, or I wouldn’t be writing this piece now. The same is true for my husband. I had started developing my views on abortion prior to us dating. So when I asked him, while we were dating, what he thought about abortion, he gave pretty much the same answer I did. He felt he had no voice in the matter, because he isn’t a woman. Well, at that point I no longer accepted that kind of answer, so I showed him a few videos of what abortion actually is and, like so many before him, his mind had been changed.

So what is the point of all this? If Republicans are honest about abortion, if they share what abortion entails, if they don’t shy away from the truth of what abortion is, they could not only change minds but they would most likely win. Every time.

For those who don’t actually know what abortion entails, here are some videos I think you should check out. Yes, they are done by pro-life organizations, but if you want to be able to defend your stance on abortion then you need to go to the side that you disagree with in order to find out how to argue your stance against their claims.

 
 
 
 

3. The truth always wins in the end

In my opinion - and this is my opinion, I’d have to do a bit more research on it - the moment Republicans started giving concessions on abortion to the abortion advocates, is when they started losing on the issue of abortion. Abortion slipped into our culture as something acceptable, because most people, particularly Republicans and its base, lost sight of the truth. More specifically, the basis for their argument: God. Instead of fighting for the truth, instead of staying strong on the foundation of God’s word, many people were convinced that the truth was no longer right. It was no longer something to fight for and the only reason this became an issue, is because people - and pastors - stopped turning to the word of God. For those who are rolling their eyes, because they don’t believe in God, well, science also proves that life begins at conception. Whether one uses God or science to point to the truth, the truth is still the truth. Every abortion ends a human life.

One could also point to the truth of the Democrat’s stance on abortion. It is no longer accepted in the Democratic platform that abortions should just be “legal and rare.” They don’t think abortions should be allowed for just those that are victims of rape and incest. If they did, they wouldn’t be so upset with the limits on abortion that have taken place across the country, because all of them give the exception for rape and incest. What Democrats want is to legalize abortion, so that for any reason, a woman can kill her child even after birth. This means that a fully formed child can be murdered once a mom has carried that child to term, worn the pregnancy clothes, felt the baby moving within her, and still decides after it is born that it doesn’t deserve to live. That is an extreme view on abortion “rights,” but it is one that is mainstream within the Democratic platform. All Republicans need to do is tell the people the truth. Because most Americans believe that abortion access after the first trimester is wrong.

So Republicans can and should be honest about their own stance on abortion. They also can and should point to the Democrats’ stance and highlight just how cruel the Democrat’s stance is. No matter what the main stream media wants it’s viewers to believe, reality cannot be altered to fit their desired perceptions and the truth always wins. Republicans just need to be willing to speak the truth. When they do, they win.

Ariel
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