Is Pro Life "Down But Not Out"?

Over and over again I read columnists who believe forced birth is an idea that will recover from its current disfavor. The moral case of laws against abortion is so strong they believe future events will drive it back into favor. There is an unstated message, "Keep sending money to prolife groups so their employees do not have to seek useful work." I've always wanted to peruse the net to make a guesstimate on how many people make a living doing forced birth politics.

The link author is more honest than most. He acknowledged forced birth expected that once Roe fell states would one by one adopt no abortion legislation but that exactly the opposite has happened. He notes that the excuse forced birth gives for the losses is lack of money but this doesn't pass the smell test. A good message wins even with less money. I wonder what more money would have given forced birth? It would have allowed them to say over and over a human life exists when one cell is fertilized. This would only have reminded men and women about the intent of forced birth, to interfere into the private lives of women.

The author speculates on an accusation within forced birth operatives that its leaders "failed to read the room." Another way of saying this is that its leaders did not see reality the way the majority of voters sees reality. Forced birth sees reality as a human being at one fertilized cell. The majority sees reality as $200,000 to raise a child or complications of raising another child when there are already several in the home already or that women often do not know they are pregnant for a long time. Forced birth continues to ignore the majority's version of reality. Until they listen and understand I don't see them being successful except in a few whacko states. 

When discussing the politics of forced birth, the link points out that liberal abortion laws in several stated will put pressure on conservative states. This is an astute observation that few forced birth authors realize. When corporations refuse to locate in whacko states or convention committees take a pass, wealthy donors in politics get upset. It does put pressure on whacko states.

If "down but not out" means forced birth groups will still receive some flow of donations it is right. To say it will rise from the ashes and achieve majority margins in referendum states seems unlikely.