Recently, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loves-joe-biden-more-than-he-loves-his-wife-ohio-democrat-cuts-cringey-ad-seemingly-masking-liberal-voting-record">Democratic Sen. Tim Ryan</a> of Ohio <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/6-takeaways-u-senate-candidate-141300104.html">made it clear</a> that the case for his candidacy rests on two talking points: the events of January 6th and a push for more abortion. That’s it. 
Presumably, Americans should vote for an agenda defined by what they don’t get, not by what Ryan and his party have to offer.
For those who point to the number of articles supporting these talking points, consider that failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is now connected to more than <a href="https://offthepress.com/dems-running-fake-news-sites/">50 manufactured “news” outlets</a> clutching their proverbial pearls about the party line.
You can’t believe everything you read. 
Democrats simply want to scare America. But we are already scared, friend.
We are terrified that the leader of the free world says we are <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/09/pompeo-biden-russia-putin-nuclear-weapons-00061067">close to nuclear Armageddon</a>, yet no one is talking about it. 
The United Nations reports that <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-and-fao-sound-alarm-global-food-crisis-tightens-its-grip-hunger-hotspots">up to 50 million</a> people are on the verge of starvation, with a famine pending that is <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1126771">“a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude”</a>.  
Forget the alarming <a href="https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/the-y2k-disaster-scenarios-were-a-hoax.html">Y-2K predictions</a>. Now, for the second time in my adult life, I’m wondering how much medication and food I can stockpile for my family’s future safety — and if it even matters if we come to nuclear war.
China continues to make <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/entrepreneur-same-companies-that-pulled-out-of-russia-will-not-say-a-peep-when-china-invades-taiwan">credible threats to take over Taiwan</a>, which  makes the semiconductors for almost all of the mechanics of our lives, from phones to refrigerators, not to mention our medical equipment.
We have <a href="https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/federal-report-shows-open-borders-bring-increased-crimes-and-costs-taxpayers">criminals walking over our border</a> who are raping <a href="https://www.heritage.org/life/commentary/biden-and-the-left-exploit-childs-tragedy-ignore-illegal-alien-who-raped-her">young girls</a>. And of those women who survive that journey, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/us/border-rapes-migrant-women.html">too many are being sex trafficked</a> in our own country without our law enforcement significantly engaging to stop that flow or help the innocent caught in it.
Instead, our government responds with championing abortions for the minors who suffered along the way.
Such crimes go unpunished, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-not-perception-thats-reality-chris-wallace-wont-let-nyc-mayor-deflect-on-crime-stats">crime rate is rising</a>, drowning our culture nationwide. I wouldn’t send my staff on the subway in New York City on a bet, and my own team faces <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/roe-almost-50-whats-next-abortion-america-opinion-1669557">physical violence and threats</a> for their pro-life views while the <a href="https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/weaponized-doj-ignores-pro-life-community-seeks-political-gain-with-raid-of-former-presidents-home/">Department of Justice looks away</a>. 
Imagine how it felt to be a young, pro-life woman with <a href="https://studentsforlife.org/2022/10/19/watch-pro-lifers-put-up-with-a-lot-of-weirdness-this-is-a-recent-example/">Students for Life</a> at the recent Women’s March facing vicious, screaming abortion agitators yelling that they hope she’ll suffer rape. Who would wish that on a girl, even someone you disagree with? What’s wrong with them?
I’m scared of a world that hasn’t recovered from the self-imposed shutdown of the pandemic engineered by bureaucrats like Anthony “I represent science” Fauci who <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/08/29/desantis_fauci_was_wrong_on_all_the_important_issues_we_need_a_reckoning_or_they_will_lockdown_harder_next_time.html">contradicted himself almost daily</a>, holding firm to one thing — obey the arbitrary rules of the day.
Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/active-duty-military-suicides-decreased-in-2021-report-finds">military enlistments</a> are down, and others, like some of the <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/04/27/the-vast-majority-of-troops-kicked-out-for-covid-vaccine-refusal-received-general-discharges/">National Guard heroes in Fort Myers</a>, are kicked out because they didn’t want to take the experimental COVID vaccines that are no longer required.
And we need a strong military, fixed on the goal of protecting our nation, not retooling Veterans’ services for abortion or a fighting force for social experiments.  
We also face the maneuverings of evil leaders in Russia, North Korea, and China, who sense there is no real American leadership.
Earlier this month, while the Left-leaning “Saturday Night Live” made fun of our mentally unfit president, our allies in Japan told their citizens to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-japan-urges-citizens-to-take-shelter-immediately-following-north-korean-missile-launch-reports-say">run for cover as North Korea launched missiles</a> over their nation.
There are real things happening at this moment in time, but you can’t even trust the president’s  talking head, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-dont-even-understand-that-question-kjps-most-honest-day-ever">Karine Jean-Pierre</a>, who seems to read her binder of talking points for the first time during the daily press briefings, struggling to answer any tough questions and to say-anything-to-avoid-Trump-winning-again messaging. I’m now reading Al Jazeera and other foreign press to get an international update and a more honest assessment each morning.
Yet, the gaslighting from  Democrats continues. They tell me that what I’m supposed to be scared of is not war, plague, or famine — issues our current governmental leadership seem ill-equipped to handle — but instead a woman’s lack of availability to pay someone to end the life of her “inconvenient” child, and Donald Trump.  
Have they noticed he’s not president , but that we have a president  coming in and out of world events led by his wife, or the governor of Michigan it would appear, reaching into the air for handshakes, and unaware that dead Congresswomen rarely attend media events.
I’m scared about who is really running the country.
I’m pro-life, and I’ll vote pro-life first. But you don’t have to reject Senator Ryan’s abortion platform and that of his party to be afraid of what’s coming next. All the hyperbole in the world won’t erase this critical moment in which such a meager platform is dwarfed by real events.
I’m afraid, but I’m not stupid, and neither are my fellow Americans. 
Kristan Hawkins is president of Students for Life of America &amp; Students for Life Action with more than 1,300 groups on educational campuses in all 50 states. Follow her <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttps-3A__twitter.com_kristanhawkins-3Flang-3Den%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3Duw6TLu4hwhHdiGJOgwcWD4AjKQx6zvFcGEsbfiY9-EI%26r%3DWKaH1vFYj7fnFkioUplDf7eyhgA7RmadhwSCcSrc0RM%26m%3DdHI_zRo_S3dRh6O1egAGUHYM_18mGpBuGK8It87dRisKAAJrwoa3rFwiFjVpnjST%26s%3DmyYGkzRy3aGLQAHFyLQS37EvikCgueFLdMXfbF_VAW8%26e%3D&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Jp%2FNHi61QJKiS5dMELWGyA8lsPjFFFSWsXhQqmCl4Rk%3D&amp;reserved=0">@KristanHawkins</a> or subscribe to her podcast, Explicitly Pro-Life.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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My Fear Of Who’s Running The Country Dwarfs My Deep Concern Over Abortion

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Readers Pass

Looks like Kansas will remain &#8216;Bloody Kansas&#8217; for now.
While the <a href="https://valuethemboth.com/">Value Them Both</a> ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to protect life unfortunately did not pass, the Pro-Life Generation should celebrate their efforts in the state and dig in their heels to get back to work.
As we do so, we must reflect on the reasons why this ballot initiative did not make it over the finish line — the most important being that the abortion lobby was allowed to run away from the real issue at hand (abortion) to win over the public.
The pro-abortion side of the Value Them Both Amendment debate skirted around the topic of abortion in their messaging. This strategy remains a favorite of the abortion lobby because even they know that abortion doesn’t sell. This is exactly the reason why during President Biden’s <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fbriefing-room%2Fspeeches-remarks%2F2022%2F07%2F08%2Fremarks-by-president-biden-on-protecting-access-to-reproductive-health-care-services%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=J%2FGj8KoO8V9nxvR4Kc68rhf6skEUcTHxKEvAWcSK4pI%3D&amp;reserved=0">almost 20-minute-long address</a> on his first executive order on abortion, in which he spent a lengthy part of the speech discussing an Ohio rape victim, he barely uttered the word “abortion.” 
Despite Biden’s plea for Americans to vote for Democrats this fall because of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/politics/democrats-republicans-abortion-elections-kansas/index.html">their presumed desire</a> for more abortion, they seem to avoid to saying the word.
“Abortion” is the Voldemort of Democratic Party politics, that thing which cannot be named.
The word “abortion” makes many Americans uncomfortable. This is why many abortion supporters call themselves “pro-choice.” Deep down, we all understand that there is something wrong with abortion — and this is why the abortion lobby’s best bet on winning over the American public is to get as far away from abortion in their messaging as possible.
And that’s exactly what happened in Kansas. Instead of confronting the issue, the pro-abortion side sought to confuse Kansans and run a disinformation campaign intended to scare citizens into voting ‘no’ for reasons totally unrelated to the Value Them Both initiative.
This was accomplished through misleading measures such as <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fpdfweb%2Fvideos%2Fbab63c8b-6f35-47bb-a907-2ca0626047ea.mp4&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zADPhkUlqlZEdKStG4PDVVDqFzpN9CyXPToYYzRBgNk%3D&amp;reserved=0">television commercials</a> that never used the word “abortion” but instead fear-mongered about COVID style government overreach, using images of canceled church services and people in masks. The commercial implied that voting “yes” to Value Them Both would be akin to voting for mask mandates. 
Let’s be clear: the language of the Value Them Both Amendment would have given Kansans the freedom to pass any law they wished on abortion. The amendment simply stated that the Kansas constitution was abortion neutral. Does that sound like it has anything to do with a mask mandate? I didn’t think so, either but the confusing wording of the amendment gave an ideal opportunity for misinformation.
On top of the propaganda, dark money was the last nail in the coffin of the Value Them Both amendment. Even though Students for Life Action (SFLAction) and other pro-life groups were hard at work in the Sunflower State for several months, it’s not easy to compete with the funds pouring in from the corporate abortion industry and Hollywood.
Pro-life groups were outspent by <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kctv5.com%2F2022%2F07%2F19%2Ffollowing-money-millions-spent-kansas-abortion-amendment-across-country%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Z2Z4EJdYJ8jRi0xa%2Bk%2FhQ9hT92uxWLPTbNrKj80cUJc%3D&amp;reserved=0">more than $1 million</a> because the abortion movement knew the stakes of this vote. The day before the election, the <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansascity.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics-government%2Farticle263615833.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9EW3jNFYDFJBakZB644cthOKvcv1QHhuKJzW%2BPt7Pg4%3D&amp;reserved=0">Kansas City Star</a> examined the campaign finance reports and noted that “(a)ccording to the reports Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, the primary ‘vote no’ group, outraised the primary ‘vote yes’ group, the Value Them Both Association, by nearly $2 million. Kansans for Constitutional Freedom also spent about $400,000 more than their anti-abortion counterparts.” 
It should be noted that a lot of the money spent against the abortion neutral amendment came <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansascity.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics-government%2Farticle263615833.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9EW3jNFYDFJBakZB644cthOKvcv1QHhuKJzW%2BPt7Pg4%3D&amp;reserved=0">from national groups</a>. We were up against well-funded activists from places like New York and California who were willing to throw hundreds of thousands of dollars to further the profits of the bloody abortion industry instead of helping women. Typically, these ballot initiatives don’t get as much high interest or national attention, but as this was the first state vote since the reversal of Roe, the national abortion lobby made it paramount in importance.
Just as the abortion lobby used scare tactics against Kansas citizens, the pro-abortion media has been attempting to scare pro-life politicians by publishing stories that paint these ballot initiatives as disastrous. The New York Times ponderously observed, “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/us/politics/republicans-abortion-kansas.html">Republicans Begin Adjusting to a Fierce Abortion Backlash</a>,” while CNN trumpeted: “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/politics/democrats-republicans-abortion-elections-kansas/index.html">Kansas will not be our last fight&#8217;: Abortion rights victory gives Democrats new hope for midterms.</a>”
Such spin cannot be taken as fact, as Americans explore new freedoms to pass pro-life laws. If we’ve learned anything about fighting Roe v. Wade for almost 50 years, it’s that we won’t win every time. But we can win.  
The pro-life movement needs to understand that playing it “politically safe” and running away from the pro-abortion bully is not how we win. That’s how we get chased and beaten up. If we proudly state our beliefs, however, we can force our opponent to state theirs — starting with at least saying the word ‘abortion.’  
We’ve had victories of our own in ballot campaigns in the past. Just look at <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dflorida%2520parental%2520involvement%2520law%2520passed%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBRE%26%3DSearch%2520%257B0%257D%2520for%2520%257B1%257D%26%3DSearch%2520work%2520for%2520%257B0%257D%26%3D%2525eManage%2520Your%2520Search%2520History%2525E%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dflori%2520parental%2520involvement%2520law%2520passed%26sc%3D3-37%26sk%3D%26cvid%3DDECB6196C96C4458948A4C75C921AFEB%26ghsh%3D0%26ghacc%3D0%26ghpl%3D&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D%2BzG%2FzVDT6zeHSGa1OW5OhCtICiKBMQq1Im2MFIxT%2Bc%3D&amp;reserved=0">Florida</a>, <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faul.org%2F2012%2F10%2F09%2Falaska-parental-notice-law-upheld-minors-finally-protected-after-15-year-battle%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bU5ugzXpw80svzBSVDJAeSLw3OFJL4rFIjEMyz0jT%2BQ%3D&amp;reserved=0">Alaska</a>, and <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fballotpedia.org%2FMontana_LR-120%2C_Parental_Notification_of_Abortion_Measure_(2012)%23cite_note-Ravalli-5&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HrW%2B0SHwKn1%2BCbuhCfwzRAVCOZ%2F1ixBjBMP1YSyL5ck%3D&amp;reserved=0">Montana</a> where parental involvement laws passed or West Virginia, Colorado, and Arkansas where <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theepochtimes.com%2Ftaxpayer-money-for-abortion-on-ballot-in-3-states-this-year_2708575.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hpfj7Gf9d%2FMon8amMzszGShYxlwhcYjekEnp9kDb9Hw%3D&amp;reserved=0">taxpayer money for abortion through Medicaid halted</a>.  Even Planned Parenthood’s research arm <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guttmacher.org%2Farticle%2F2022%2F07%2Fone-month-post-roe-least-43-abortion-clinics-across-11-states-have-stopped-offering&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GIWWTntzsW0QNS%2BJWVSqQcAuYBLgBxZ2L7%2BDu1H64ko%3D&amp;reserved=0">Guttmacher</a> recognizes our successes, bemoaning the 43 abortion facilities no longer committing abortion in 11 states since Roe’s fall. 
The Kansas loss is a speed bump, not a roadblock. With pro-life groups in all 50 states, we will be ready for the next round of elections – which are coming sooner than many abortion supporters in the <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2022%2F07%2F11%2Fmost-democrats-want-biden-not-to-run-for-president-in-2024.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oUgIReNv24mo27%2BUAjFmAvYS60SCcc6NFW0e6KL2yO8%3D&amp;reserved=0">Biden administration might prefer.</a> 
Kristan Hawkins is president of Students for Life of America &amp; Students for Life Action with more than 1,300 groups on educational campuses in all 50 states. Follow her <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttps-3A__twitter.com_kristanhawkins-3Flang-3Den%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3Duw6TLu4hwhHdiGJOgwcWD4AjKQx6zvFcGEsbfiY9-EI%26r%3DWKaH1vFYj7fnFkioUplDf7eyhgA7RmadhwSCcSrc0RM%26m%3DdHI_zRo_S3dRh6O1egAGUHYM_18mGpBuGK8It87dRisKAAJrwoa3rFwiFjVpnjST%26s%3DmyYGkzRy3aGLQAHFyLQS37EvikCgueFLdMXfbF_VAW8%26e%3D&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckhamrick%40studentsforlife.org%7Cc51b2bbe11ab492884fb08da7714938f%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637953227509205854%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Jp%2FNHi61QJKiS5dMELWGyA8lsPjFFFSWsXhQqmCl4Rk%3D&amp;reserved=0">@KristanHawkins</a> or subscribe to her podcast, Explicitly Pro-Life. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Learning from Kansas Abortion Decision

A Pro-Abortion Sleight Of Hand: How Leftists Used A Disinformation Campaign To Misdirect Kansans

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Pro-Life Movement

Almost 50 years ago, seven men spotted the word “abortion,” written in invisible ink in our nation’s founding Constitution, and in two decisions – Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton – they <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/15/roe-v-wade-fault-line/">destroyed</a> all abortion laws in the 50 states.
It created legal chaos.
They bullied their pro-abortion viewpoint into the law without evidence, a <a href="https://www.scstatehouse.gov/CommitteeInfo/SenateMedicalAffairsCommittee/The_Medical_Assumption_Roe_Clark_Forsythe.pdf">trial</a>, or even any national consensus. They also made possible the deaths of more than <a href="https://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/2022/01/factsheet-reported-annual-abortions-1973-2019/">63 million</a> preborn infants and counting. But according to a leaked <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000180-874f-dd36-a38c-c74f98520000">draft</a> of a Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson case that challenged Roe’s extremism, Roe and Doe may soon be historical footnotes.
Despite the frenzied <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-on-supreme-court-leak-our-worst-fears-confirmed-supreme-court-appears-poised-to-overturn-roe">response</a> of the billion-dollar abortion franchise, the sky is not falling (although their profits might). In fact, what happens next is a return of the issue of abortion to the states for a discussion and a debate blocked by the courts for too long. The reason is simple. While abortion is not in the Constitution, states’ rights are.
Roe’s flaws in blocking engagement with people drew even the ire of pro-abortion Justice <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/15/roe-v-wade-fault-line/">Ruth Bader Ginsburg,</a> who, like many people, believed the Supreme Court was mistaken when it bypassed “we the people” and “invited no dialogue with legislators.” It also had no connection to logic or the law.
In 1973, in the <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/795536">Yale Law Journal</a>, legal luminary John Hart Ely wrote a devastating analysis of Roe’s flaws. Though he supported abortion, he knew Roe and Doe were nonsense.
Ely ridiculed the Supreme Court’s choice for viability as a “magic moment” that offers certain rights for humans without explaining the reasoning behind that unprecedented line in the gestational sand.
The state has a right to make laws, even when humans are not involved. Ely wrote that in fact, “It has never been held or even asserted that the state interest needed to justify forcing a person to refrain from an activity, whether or not that activity is constitutionally protected, must implicate either the life or the constitutional rights of another person. Dogs are not ‘persons in the whole sense’ nor have they constitutional rights, but that does not mean that the state cannot prohibit killing them.” 
 
And that’s an important point, can a state pass laws to protect preborn life? Before 1973, the answer was yes. And we’ve been trying to get back there ever since.
After Roe shut down most discussions of abortion, several cases challenged its iron rule. Not much happened. But in 1992, a case known as <a href="https://www.​inquirer.​com/news/planned-parenthood-v-casey-abortion-ruling-pennsylvania-alito-20220503.html">Planned Parenthood v. Casey</a> cracked open the door for more regulation of abortion.
It’s important to understand that prior to Roe, almost all <a href="https://www.​guttmacher.​org/gpr/2003/03/lessons-roe-will-past-be-prologue">states</a> severely prohibited abortion or limited it to saving a mother’s life. And that’s how it will be again, each state making a choice (and pro-choice is supposed to be good, right?)
Today, 26 <a href="https://nypost.​com/2022/05/03/26-states-where-abortion-will-be-illegal-if-roe-v-wade-falls/">states</a> are ready with limits on the deadly procedure. And Students for Life Action has been working to add even more.
Over the last two years, Students for Life Action has worked in 30 states, to rebuild protections for life with an emphasis on early abortion — as more than 9 in 10 abortions take place by 12 weeks, according to the <a href="https://www.​cdc.​gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/abortion.htm">CDC</a>. As we <a href="https://www.​washingtonpost.​com/nation/2022/05/02/abortion-ban-roe-supreme-court-mississippi/">said</a> to members of Congress just this week, “If we are not focusing on limiting early abortions, we are not really addressing the violence of abortion at all.”
One example is Heartbeat <a href="https://studentsforlife.​org/2022/02/07/life-is-up-in-texas-thanks-heartbeat-bill/">legislation</a> that protects humans with the universal sign of life. We’ve also worked to ban online, no test distribution of <a href="https://thisischemicalabortion.​com/">Chemical Abortion Pills</a> that can leave women injured, infertile, and even <a href="https://thefederalist.​com/2022/01/12/injury-infertility-and-death-from-chemical-abortions-are-a-ok-with-the-fda/">dead</a> – and that now are used to commit at least 54% of all <a href="https://www.​guttmacher.​org/article/2022/02/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions">abortion</a>. And we’ve championed a Protection at Conception <a href="https://www.​studentsforlifeaction.​org/protection-at-conception-pledge/">initiative</a>.
While we work to protect life in law, we also work to protect life in service. For SFLA, that means our Standing with You <a href="https://www.​standingwithyou.​org/">initiative</a> that connects women with vital resources. The pro-life movement has always prioritized caring for women and their children, born and preborn as our hallmark achievement. As noted at a pro-life coalition event on <a href="https://studentsforlife.​org/2022/02/14/the-pro-life-movement-to-women-happy-valentines-day/">Valentine’s Day</a>, “We live in a country with about 3,000 pregnancy resource centers and approximately 400 maternity homes, offering free services and tangible support to women and their families during pregnancy and motherhood.”
While the pro-life movement is making plans to expand legal protections for the preborn and their mothers, as well as adding supportive services for them, others prepare to bring abortion violence to the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/03/abortion-rights-protests-supreme-court-leak/9628280002/">streets</a>.
As I wrote in <a href="https://www.​newsweek.​com/roe-almost-50-whats-next-abortion-america-opinion-1669557">Newsweek</a>, pro-life work today means being ready for ugly confrontations.
Threats and acts of violence against pro-life activists are becoming increasingly common. Students for Life students and team members have endured everything from <a href="https://www.​youtube.​com/watch?v=qxtrYrwy6a8">physical</a> <a href="https://www.​studentsforlifeaction.​org/female-team-member-punched-at-supreme-court/">attacks</a> and <a href="https://www.​foxnews.​com/opinion/pro-choice-instigators-crossing-the-line-from-harassment-into-dehumanization">arson</a> to <a href="https://studentsforlife.​org/2019/09/19/horrible-pro-choicer-creates-bomb-scare/">bomb threats</a> and <a href="https://www.​campusreform.​org/?ID=10753">intimidation</a>, making security <a href="https://www.​wsj.​com/articles/campus-censorship-hits-pro-lifers-hard-1526942093">issues</a> a vital concern and expense for pro-life events. When Justice <a href="https://www.​newsweek.​com/topic/brett-kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a> — who was seen as a possible pro-life vote — was confirmed to the Supreme Court, protestors stormed the Court, <a href="https://www.​nbcnews.​com/politics/supreme-court/protests-build-capitol-hill-ahead-brett-kavanaugh-vote-n917351">banging</a> on the doors. Outside the <a>U.​S.​,</a> violent protests broke out in <a href="https://abcnews.​go.​com/Health/wireStory/polish-court-seals-divisive-ruling-tighten-abortion-law-75517953">Poland</a> and <a href="https://www.​cnn.​com/2021/09/29/americas/latin-american-abortion-rights-protests-intl/index.html">Latin America</a> when those countries contemplated pro-life policies. Black-clad demonstrators have protested my own speaking <a href="https://www.​christianpost.​com/news/antifa-protests-christian-fascist-students-for-life-president-kristen-hawkins.html">tours</a> and recently the Chicago <a href="https://www.​breitbart.​com/faith/2022/01/09/antifa-counter-protest-at-march-for-life-chicago/">March for Life</a>.
But as I travel across the country on behalf of an organization that operates in all 50 states, I find courageous Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Y ready to take their place on the front lines to make abortion unthinkable and unimaginable. Their love is fierce and focused, and they&#8217;re ready to vote pro-life first.
On the other side, all they have is the deliberate ending of innocent life – for profit &#8212; hidden behind talking points. But if your “healthcare” kills people on purpose, you’re doing it wrong.
Kristan Hawkins is president of Students for Life of America &amp; Students for Life Action with more than 1,250 groups on educational campuses in all 50 states. Follow her <a href="https://urldefense.​proofpoint.​com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_kristanhawkins-3Flang-3Den&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=uw6TLu4hwhHdiGJOgwcWD4AjKQx6zvFcGEsbfiY9-EI&amp;r=WKaH1vFYj7fnFkioUplDf7eyhgA7RmadhwSCcSrc0RM&amp;m=dHI_zRo_S3dRh6O1egAGUHYM_18mGpBuGK8It87dRisKAAJrwoa3rFwiFjVpnjST&amp;s=myYGkzRy3aGLQAHFyLQS37EvikCgueFLdMXfbF_VAW8&amp;e=">@KristanHawkins</a> or subscribe to her podcast, Explicitly Pro-Life.

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