by Rich Lowry
They should settle for progress in the right direction, occupy politically defensible ground, and then advance over time.
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Pro-life activists celebrate outside the Supreme Court as the court rules in Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2022.
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The Republican Party only had about a half-century to prepare for the end of Roe v. Wade yet is still scared and confused now that the late, unlamented decision is no longer with us.
It may be that the media are exaggerating the extent that the Dobbs decision has changed the trajectory of the midterms, but there is no doubt that it has energized Democrats and that pro-lifers suffered a signal defeat in a Kansas referendum in early August.
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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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The Republican Party only had about a half-century to prepare for the end of Roe v. Wade yet is still scared and confused now that the late, unlamented decision is no longer with us.
It may be that the media are exaggerating the extent that the Dobbs decision has changed the trajectory of the midterms, but there is no doubt that it has energized Democrats and that pro-lifers suffered a signal defeat in a Kansas referendum in early August.
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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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