Thu Nov 10, 2022 – 6:51 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The Republican red wave turned out to be a ripple, with a few distinct silver linings in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election tsunami and the election of candidates like J.D. Vance of Ohio.
But the real tragedy of the midterms was the abortion referendums. In Michigan, Proposition 3 was passed, legalizing abortion up until birth and including a slew of other bad policies. California’s referendum also enshrined abortion until birth in the state constitution; Vermont, too, voted to constitutionally protect “reproductive rights.” In Kentucky, a ballot measure that would have denied any constitutional protections for abortion narrowly failed, although this result will have no effect on the abortion ban passed by the legislature should it survive a legal challenge before the Kentucky Supreme Court.
If you include the failure of the pro-life amendment in Kansas in August and the stunning rejection of an amendment that simply would have mandated care for babies who survive an abortion in Montana, it is clear that the pro-life cause has not fared well with direct democracy.
I asked Dr. Michael New, a fellow at the Charlotte Lozier Institute and a prestigious
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