Poll Shows Republicans Want a Pro-Life Presidential Candidate

The Republican presidential candidates are in Wisconsin tonight for their first debate and a new poll shows Republican voters want a pro-life candidate who will protect babies from abortions.

One of the pro-life proposals for a Republican president that has come up over the last year since Dobbs is a national abortion ban at 15 weeks. Such a law would leave in place the pro-life laws that are currently protecting babies in over a dozen states, but it would at least protect babies from late-term abortions in blue states that currently allow killing babies in abortions up to birth.

Some pro-life groups have made a 15-week ban a minimum standard of sorts for the Republican presidential hopefuls and have asked them to at least support such a law, which polls show a majority of Americans approve.

A new poll of Iowa caucus-goers, the GOP voters who will head to the polls in the first presidential battleground state, want the presidential candidates to support the 15-week protection.

According to a new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll, 54% of those surveyed say they would more likely support a candidate who wants to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks. Just 24% of Republicans polled say they would be less likely to support a candidate who backs a 15-week nationwide abortion ban.

Marjorie Dannenfelser of SBA Pro-Life, is one of the pro-life leaders urging Republican preisdential candidates to support the 15-week ban.

“Pro-life voters in particular will be watching to see who is the strongest champion for the least among us. Unborn children deserve our protection; women of America deserve service and healing,” she says.

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And she hopes Republicans will not back down from offering pro-life positions:

After a string of victories on ballot initiatives, most recently in Ohio, the pro-abortion rights left and their media allies have declared any stance against abortion to be a liability. This false narrative ignores a multitude of victories for limiting abortion in state legislatures, governors’ races and more. But there is a clear lesson for our side in these fights: it is imperative to go on offense and define the issues at stake, early and often, with a simple message.

Democrats have made it clear they are going to continue attacking Republicans on the abortion issue in hopes of sidelining and scaring them off. Their message testing instructs them to paint their opponents as seeking a “national ban” with no exceptions, and to avoid the important reality of the child’s development — such as her heartbeat at six weeks or her ability to feel pain by 15 weeks — also known as “science.”

Why would they not follow this playbook? They believe it helped them in the midterms. They are convinced it works. And when Republicans give weak answers — or worse, no answers — it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

But Republicans should not fear leaning in. In contrast to the Democrats’ extremism, they can have a position to embrace that is both popular and humane. What could be a more enviable job than defending innocent babies and standing with the overwhelming majority of the American people who want to protect them from pain?

Some 27 recent polls show Americans are pro-life on abortion so there is every reason for the candidates to speak their pro-life values.

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