It’s a Tyranny of the Minority

Project 2025 wants a nationwide abortion ban

In this week’s podcast episode, guest Scott Anderson from The Strategic Victory Fund, points out that the Dobbs decision has galvanized ballot initiatives across the country on reproductive health for women. 

It’s true. 

Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, voters in seven states have voted in favor of ballots protecting abortion rights. And another nine states will have abortion rights on the ballot in 2024. This makes total sense - considering that 81% of Americans believe the decision to get an abortion should be between a woman and her doctor, not the government. 

Scott also points out that there is a tyranny of the minority.

This is true too.

As states witness a surge in ballot initiatives aimed at enhancing abortion access, opponents of abortion, along with their GOP allies in state legislatures, are using anti-democratic tactics to block voters from having a say in their state laws.

Multiple states have sought to require a 60% supermajority of state voters, instead of a simple majority, to approve a measure. 

For example, the Missouri House approved a measure mandating a 60% supermajority for the approval of voter-initiated constitutional amendments. And in Florida, where a 60% supermajority is already required to amend the constitution, a bill seeks to raise the standard to nearly 67%. In 2023 a similar measure failed to pass in Ohio. 

And just this month, the Arkansas Secretary of State rejected the petition for a ballot initiative based on a simple technicality, after citizens turned in enough signatures to get abortion rights on their state ballot. 

Extremists are trying to stop the will of the people, and that’s not all anti-abortion extremists have up their sleeves. The extremists behind Project 2025 want to remove access to medication abortion nationwide by any means necessary. 

The first step in their plan is weaponizing the long-dormant Comstock Act which was originally passed in 1873 to restrict the types of things that could be mailed. They want to make the delivery of medication abortion by mail illegal, despite the DOJ, the courts, and Congress already making clear that the Comstock Act does not apply to legal abortion care.

And if that doesn’t work, they would have the FDA pull its two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill, which accounts for more than half of pregnancy terminations in the United States. If states are allowed to regulate and restrict drugs that have been approved by the FDA, people will be deprived of essential health care, even in states where abortion remains legal. And this tactic won’t end with just the abortion pill. It could affect other types of medication.

If the first two attempts don’t work they would turn to the EPA to classify medication abortion as containing ‘forever chemicals’ — which are subject to stricter regulations. If the EPA were to do this, it would stifle the approval and distribution of medication abortion.

Just as a reminder, medication abortion is a safe and effective way to end an early pregnancy. In fact, it’s safer than Tylenol or Viagra. It allows people to have an abortion in the privacy and comfort of their own home. It’s also used in miscarriage management and can be a life-saving treatment for women naturally losing a pregnancy. 

As we said before, a majority of Americans do not want abortion bans. In fact a recent poll found that more than 8 in 10 Americans think abortion should be legal in extreme circumstances, such as when a patient's life is at risk. The people behind Project 2025 know they are in a small minority on this issue, but they just don’t care. 

That’s why we need YOUR help to stop Project 2025. 

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