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Voters Don’t Like Abortion Bans. Republicans Are Trying a ‘Pro-Family’ Message Instead.

“Right now, on the federal level, they don’t want to be talking about any national abortion ban,” said one Republican strategist.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaking at the March for Life last week. Julia Nikhinson/Sipa USA via AP

At last week’s March for Life rally, House Speaker Mike Johnson told thousands of attendees that the House had just passed two anti-abortion bills.

But that’s not how he described them. In fact, he didn’t use the word “abortion” at all.

It’s “a pivotal time to promote quality health care for both women and their unborn children,” Johnson said. The legislation approved by the House on a party-line vote would provide women the necessary resources they need to carry their pregnancies to term, he said. And “who could be opposed to that?”