In less than two months, voters will head to the polls to decide the midterm elections.
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voters → head → elections
Republicans are looking for a strong turnout as the party nears the halfway mark of President Donald Trump’s second and final term.
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party → look → term
Meanwhile, Democrats are hoping to make major gains.
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Democrats → hop → gains
While every seat in the House of Representatives is up for grabs, the Senate has 35 out of 100 seats on the line.
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Senate → have → line
Of those, four have to do with abortion issues of life.
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four → have → life
In Missouri, voters will decide whether to repeal 2024’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative.
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voters → decide → Initiative
A “yes” to the ballot measure would remove constitutional protection for abortion.
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yes → remove → abortion
It would only allow abortion in cases of rape, incest, medical emergencies, and certain fetal anomalies, and only up to the 12-week mark.
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It → allow → mark
In addition, it would require parental consent for minors seeking an abortion.
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it → require → abortion
In Idaho, a trigger ban on abortion went into effect in August 2022, shortly after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
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ban → go → Organization
If passed, the 2026 ballot measure, known as Proposition 1, would allow for abortion up until fetal viability.
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measure → pass → viability
After viability, abortion would be permitted in cases of medical emergency.
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abortion → permit → emergency
The measure also addresses a long list of reproductive-related care.
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measure → address → care
In Nevada, the citizen-initiated ballot measure known as Question 6 would effectively enshrine abortion access in the state.
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measure → initiate → state
This would allow for abortion before fetal viability.
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This → allow → viability
Voters approved the measure in 2024.
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Voters → approve → 2024
It must pass again this year, which is required of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments in Nevada.
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which → pass → Nevada
In Virginia, the legislatively-referred ballot measure known as Question 1 would legally protect the right to abortion, which it does not currently do.
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it → refer → which
The measure goes beyond abortion as well.
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measure → go → abortion
It also would “provide a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, defined as ‘the right to make and effectuate one’s own decisions about all matters related to one’s pregnancy’.
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It → provide → pregnancy
It has been more than four years since Dobbs was decided by the Supreme Court in June 2022.
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Dobbs → decide → June
We’ve started to see the long-term effects of that decision.
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We → start → decision
It has touched every election since, to varying degrees.
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It → touch → degrees
It continues to be the correct decision both legally and morally.
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It → continue → ?
The overturning of both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey did not make our nation pro-life overnight.
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nation → make → Casey
In fact, it did not even definitively set us on that path.
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it → set → path
Any assumptions that the landmark Dobbs decision would magically alter the demand for abortion in the United States proved quickly to be false.
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decision → alter → States
It was also not going to change hearts and minds.
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It → go → hearts
The goal of the pro-life community is the same as it was before Dobbs — to turn this into a pro-life nation where abortion is unthinkable and not treated as a regular part of women’s healthcare.
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abortion → turn → healthcare
Where babies are not burdens and where a woman’s worth goes far beyond her ability to reproduce.
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worth → go → ability
This worthy goal is not a fixed point.
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goal → fix → ?
It moves with the cultural tide.
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It → move → tide
Each successive generation must learn and understand the worth of the unborn.
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generation → learn → unborn
Pro-life voters must recognize this.
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voters → recognize → this
The journey to a true, pro-life nation is indeed never-ending.
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journey → end → nation
Dobbs was not going to wrap things up neatly.
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Dobbs → go → things
National victories should not lull the pro-life movement into a sense of complacency.
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victories → lull → complacency
As horrifying as the prospect is, there are still young girls and women (and enabler men) who think abortion is the right decision for them, their bodies, and their futures.
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abortion → be → them
It does no good to ignore this reality.
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It → do → reality
It exists no matter what laws are enacted or what ballot measures are passed.
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measures → exist → ?
…and 6 more, not listed.
The Aporia
