Republican activists neglected to rank Pro-Life issues in the Texas GOP’s top 8 legislative priorities for the first time ever. While efforts to completely remove abortion from the platform failed, the historic and disappointing vote shows that apathy is now the greatest enemy of the Pro-Life movement.
The Republican Party of Texas sets its official platform and top policy issues through citizens voting at its biennial state convention. These governing documents are guides for GOP lawmakers passing legislation in the Capitol. Before this year, protecting preborn children has ranked among the top 8 issues since the party began this practice in 2016.
While Texas faces many important challenges, no crisis is as important as the increased attack on the Right to Life.
Abortion’s absence from the legislative priorities may signal to politicians that their voters no longer care about the issue and that they do not need to pass legislation to stop illegal abortions or help families adopt.
The Pro-Life fight has become more urgent over recent years as liberal activists double down on new tactics such as selling illegal abortion pills online, smuggling them over our border, and advertising them in college bathrooms, on local billboards, and even flying a plane over a Major League Baseball game.
Republican delegates at the convention agreed that the party shouldn’t erase Pro-Life values from the platform but failed to recognize the deadliness of these new threats to Life.
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By God’s grace, convention attendees rejected efforts from a group called “Right to Win,” which attempted to get Republicans to strike all references of abortion or the sanctity of Life from the GOP platform and legislative priorities to win elections. The “Right to Win” representatives said, “Our government is set up to be ruled by the will of the people, and if we don’t go with the will of the people we won’t stay in power.” They argued the party should be directed by polling data and not its core principles. One Republican leader responded, “How many babies are you willing to let die to win an election?”
Like you, Texas Right to Life is not deterred. We will be partnering with Texans across the state to send a stronger message than ever that we still expect our elected officials to prioritize Life. Leading up to the state legislative session in 2025 we will rally our Republican lawmakers to confront the new threats attacking preborn children.
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