The Abortion Industry’s Winning Streak on Ballot Measures is Finally Over
The pro-life community stopped the abortion industry in their tracks on Tuesday night as abortion amendments in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota were defeated.
An outcome that was predicted by the Daily Citizen.
In what felt like a David versus Goliath moment, radical abortion policy was rejected by the voters of those states, even though the abortion industry had a major funding advantage.
According to campaign filings, contributions to the abortion campaigns across the country were over six times greater than contributions to pro-life efforts.
It will be months before we get the final numbers spent in all the campaigns, but as of just before Election Day, abortion activists had more than $234 million in contributions compared to pro-life advocates whose contributions totaled around $37 million collectively.
The successes in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota are pivotal to the pro-life movements’ future. Here’s why:
1. These wins are the first wins for the pro-life effort since the reversal of Roe v. Wade nearly two-and-a-half years ago. A win in these three states is truly a win for the entire pro-life movement.
Prior to Tuesday, we saw seven losses for the pro-life movement in statewide ballot measures. And last night, we saw another seven states adopt radical abortion policy into their state constitution.
While there is still much more work to do, the wins in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota were critical for the pro-life movement.
Pro-life advocates needed these wins.
Pro-life donors needed these wins.
And pro-life voters needed these wins.
Momentum has been on the abortion industry’s side since 2022, but not anymore.
2. The wins in these states show that there are three different pathways to victory for states who may be faced with an abortion initiative in the future.
In Florida, the heightened threshold of 60% approval was a game changer. Ultimately the amendment failed because it only got 57% of the vote.
In Nebraska, the pro-life community brought forward a pro-life initiative to compete against the abortion measure.
In both of those states, political leaders fearlessly advocated for life and helped raise money for the pro-life cause.
In South Dakota, we saw a naturally more conservative base that wasn’t influenced by big abortion money. According to state filings, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood didn’t even put money into the South Dakota campaign.
3. Finally, because life won in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota, it is estimated that more than 51,000 babies will be saved from abortion every year.
There’s nothing that motivates and inspires the pro-life community more that saving babies and mothers from the tragedy of abortion and that’s exactly what they’ve accomplished by protecting life in these three states.
So, take a moment to celebrate these wins. They offer hope and a path to victory for the pro-life cause.
Below is a breakdown of the vote totals in all 10 states that saw an abortion amendment on the ballot.
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