A memo from SBA Pro-Life America to GOP lawmakers last week is urging Republicans in Congress to stay away from phrases like “nationwide ban” when speaking on abortion and includes a plea to not cede the issue entirely to state lawmakers.
A leading anti-abortion rights group is urging Republicans in Congress to stay away from phrases like "nationwide ban" and make clear they won't criminalize pregnant people's own actions.sent to GOP lawmakers last week includes talking points on how to answer "hostile" abortion questions and a plea not to cede the issue to state lawmakers.
They also don't want the most extreme measures by lawmakers in one state or another to cost Republicans key seats nationally, thus limiting them from enacting incremental new restrictions.The memo urges Republicans to rally around "the most ambitious legislation that can achieve consensus" rather than split off on competing bills.
It doesn't recommend specific limits but points lawmakers to polling around combined support for six-week and 15-week restrictions.GOP officials in individual states are introducing their own proposals with varying restrictions and exceptions.including the criminalization of pregnant people's actionsWith the GOP poised to win back control of at least one chamber of Congress in November, the anti-abortion movement also is thinking beyond the midterm elections.
It also says anti-abortion lawmakers should "demonstrate that the pro-life movement cares not only about the unborn child but about the mother as well," while relying on "modern medicine and science" to "focus on the humanity of the unborn child."
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