Resolution of the Executive Committee and Officers of
Michigan’s 12th Congressional District Republican Party

Passed On 22 May 2021
 

RESOLUTION ON REPUBLICAN PRO-LIFE STRATEGY
 

WHEREAS the Democrats have waged a deceptive “War on Women” attack against Republican pro-life candidates, demonizing them and manipulating American voters; and 

 

WHEREAS the Republican Party is proud to stand up for the rights of the unborn and believe all Americans have an unalienable right to life as stated in The Declaration of Independence; and

 

WHEREAS pro-life Republicans should fight back against deceptive rhetoric regardless of those in the Republican Party who encourage them to stay silent; and

 

WHEREAS Candidates who stay silent on pro-life issues do not identify with key voters, fail to alert voters to the Democrats’ extreme pro-abortion stances, and have lost their elections; and

 

WHEREAS according to the extensive polling conducted by Gallup since 1975, many Republican stances regarding abortion garner at least: 

     60% support from the public and across the political spectrum

     87% support informed-consent laws about certain possible risks of the abortion procedure 

     80% support banning abortion during the 3rd trimester 

     71% support parental consent laws

     69% support imposing a 24-hour wait period before an abortion

     64% of Americans support banning abortion during the 2nd trimester

     64% support banning partial-birth abortion

     64% support spousal notification laws that require the husband to be simply notified if his wife seeks an abortion

 

WHEREAS staying silent fails because this strategy allows Democrats to define the Republican brand and prevents the Republican Party from taking advantage of widely supported pro-life positions listed above to attract traditional and new values voters; and 

 

WHEREAS staying silent fails to alert voters to the Democrats’ extreme pro-abortion stances, which voters are repelled by. 

 

THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED the Michigan’s 12th Congressional District Republican Committee condemns the Democrats’ deceptive “war on women” rhetoric; and

 

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED the Michigan’s 12th Congressional District Republican Committee will support Republican pro-life candidates who fight back against Democratic deceptive “war on women” rhetoric by pointing out the extreme positions on abortion held by Democratic opponents; and

 

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED the Michigan’s 12th Congressional District Republican Committee will not support the strategy of Republican pro-life candidates staying silent in the face of such deceptive rhetoric; and 

 

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED the Michigan’s 12th Congressional District Republican Committee urges all Republican prolife candidates, consultants, and other national Republican Political Action Committees to reject a strategy of silence on the abortion issue when candidates are attacked with “war on women” rhetoric.

 

Approved by the Michigan’s 12th District Executive Committee by a majority vote on 22 May 2021

 

                                                                      Michael Strother

                               Chairman, Michigan’s 12th Congressional District Republican Committee