Forward of November’s midterm elections, Republicans have a $124 million downside. That’s how a lot pro-abortion Democrats have already spent on TV adverts slamming the GOP after the Supreme Court docket’s June resolution in Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group. The Related Press reviews that is greater than twice what Democrats are spending on their “subsequent high difficulty this 12 months, ‘character,’ and nearly 20 instances greater than Democrats spent on abortion-related adverts within the 2018 midterms.”

Confronted with this onslaught, too many ordinarily outspoken pro-life Republicans have ducked for canopy—with consultants main the retreat. However whether or not the consultants prefer it or not, the controversy gained’t go away. The one method to win is to confront it head-on.