RNC Passes Resolution Urging Most Aggressive Anti-Abortion Legislation Possible in Run-Up to 2024 Election

At the RNC’s winter meeting in Dana Point, California on Monday, the committee passed a resolution urging Republican members at both the state and federal levels to pass the most aggressive anti-abortion legislation possible in the run-up to 2024. This includes heartbeat bills, which usually translate as six-week gestational bans, and “fetal pain” legislation, premised on the anti-abortion myth that embryos and fetuses can feel pain far before they’ve developed the structures that would allow them to.

The resolution also blames Republicans’ historically weak midterms performance on candidates failing to push their anti-abortion bona fides hard enough. It claims that if Republican candidates had been more vocal about their anti-abortion stances, they would have been able to “expose Democratic extremism on abortion” and win more seats in the midterms.

The resolution is the latest in a series of moves by the RNC to embrace more extreme anti-abortion policies. It follows the passage of a resolution in January that called for a ban on all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest.

The RNC’s embrace of more extreme anti-abortion policies is likely to be a key issue in the 2024 election. It remains to be seen whether Republican candidates will be able to use their anti-abortion stances to their advantage and win more seats in the midterms.