Overview

• Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has called for the GOP to recalibrate its messaging on abortion following a series of election losses.
• McDaniel suggests the party should focus on hard-line positions taken by Democrats on abortion and push for a consensus on banning abortions after around 15 weeks.
• Recent election losses in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia have left the GOP reeling, with Ohio marking the seventh state in a row where the anti-abortion cause lost on a ballot initiative since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
• McDaniel has discouraged Republicans from ignoring the issue of abortion and urged them to fight back, lamenting how Democrats significantly outspent them on the airwaves.
• Despite the losses, there is no clear consensus within the Republican party on how to approach the abortion issue, with some advocating for more moderate language and others pushing for stringent limits.