on the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. in that explosive decision, they not only overturned that landmark decision, the court also galvanized liberals and triggered backlash at the polls. and today, they also triggered counter-protesters. while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. i am here. it is to show that we will not let america be bullied out of the right to abortion. everything that happened before roe, that was just the preseason. [ chanting: abortion is essential ] not when roe will be reversed, but when. our work just began. it felt more pressing this year. at this point, we no longer have a constitutionally protected right to abortion. the landmark decision from the supreme court overruling roe
can you get the message to fellow republicans about how to deal with this? it is a critical issue and some that republicans campaign on on the other side of it. i m pro life and the vast majority of people in my district didn t agree with roe being overturned. we held town hall after town hall talking about the common ground, i would ask my colleagues, show compassion to women, especially to rape victims or girls who are victims of incest. we ve got to show love and compassion, even when we disagree, and not act like alpha hotel sometimes which is what we do on some of these issues, because we want to beat our chest and want the base to love us. i had two big elections this year, a primary, a big primary and a big general election that you can stay true to your principles and values, you can find middle ground and you can win big, and that s the lesson i learned that many of my colleagues haven t quite figured it out yet, and i m very worried
would mean the gen z could be on track to meet or break the record turnout for young voters in the midterm set for 2018. to michigan where abortion is not figuratively on the ballot but it is literally on the ballot tomorrow with voters about to decide whether to enshrine productives in their constitution. talk to us about what you re hearing there with this prop on the minds of voters. all eyes are on michigan and the top race here for governor and as you said on that proposal which would enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution, voters have a lot to say about it. here s a bit of what they told us. women, they re voting and they re primarily voting because of roe being overturned. i think a lot of them are going to vote, you know, in support of the democratic candidates that support a woman s right to choose. because abortion is health care.
voters in the state whether they want to put abortion rights into the state constitution. gretchen whitmer, who is also running for re-election, said she will protect women s rights. she s been clear inflation is a top issue and saying she is an opponent to abortion rights. take a listen to what they told us. i m a believer. we re going the make our own decisions. women are voting and primarily voting because of roe being overturned. i think a lot of them will vote for the democrats. the republican party has become more volatile and maga
president biden, his numbers, when they were so bad they are not that great now. but when they really dip down that last year. but president biden. and young voters, where his numbers had been high with them, in 2020, exit in 2020, they went down. it s because a lot of them were not seeing what he thought they were going to accomplish so, with student debt, with abortion, with roe being overturned, i think we ve seen those numbers start to take back up. and young voters have also been registering in greater numbers this cycle than they did in 2018. david, you are general counsel for cpac. you know quite well the conservative base and the thought surrounding it what is the strategy at play. it s obviously a coveted demographic for reasons that laura talked about. with the approach in that category? is that law you are seeing and jim x is more conservative? where is it?