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Dropping the “Pro-Life”

Calvin Trillin

September 19, 2023

Thousands of abortion opponents march in the 15th annual Walk for Life across downtown San Francisco on January 26, 2019. (AP / Juliet Williams)

WASHINGTON—Republican strategists are exploring a shift away from “pro-life” messaging on abortion after consistent Election Day lossesfor the GOP when reproductive rights were on the ballot.—NBC News

To win elections some have said that maybeThey ought to change to something like “pro-baby.”Their policies would need not be impeded.It’s just some shrewd rebranding that is needed.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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