Pro-Life Setbacks Not about Covid Battles

As the run of losses for pro-lifers in statewide referenda after Dobbs has extended to Ohio and other red states, there have been a lot of different explanations proffered. Our old friend David French offers a new one in the New York Times: It’s the fault of Republicans resisting Covid interventions such as government vaccine mandates. This is unpersuasive, and, worse, it distorts reality.

“The pro-life movement is in a state of electoral collapse, and I think I know one reason,” French writes:

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As the run of losses for pro-lifers in statewide referenda after Dobbs has extended to Ohio and other red states, there have been a lot of different explanations proffered. Our old friend David French offers a new one in the New York Times: It’s the fault of Republicans resisting Covid interventions such as government vaccine mandates. This is unpersuasive, and, worse, it distorts reality.

“The pro-life movement is in a state of electoral collapse, and I think I know one reason,” French writes: