January 1, Pro-Life Canvassers Target North Carolina Voters with Cooper Abortion Record

Wyatt’s Take

• Pro-life groups are hitting North Carolina door-to-door to tell voters about Roy Cooper’s extreme abortion stance.
• The strongest message against Cooper is his support for federal laws that would wipe out state protections for unborn babies.
• Republican Michael Whatley gains the most ground when voters learn the truth about Cooper’s record.

A new study paid for by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America shows that voters in North Carolina move toward Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley when they hear about former Governor Roy Cooper’s abortion record.

The biggest shift came from messages about Cooper backing federal abortion laws that would override state limits.

Canvassers have already knocked on more than 770,000 doors across the state ahead of the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis.

They are focusing on low-turnout and persuadable voters with clear facts about Cooper’s veto of the popular 12-week abortion limit and his opposition to care for babies born alive after failed abortions.

“When it comes to the life issue, the issue that works best in North Carolina for the Senate race is that Gov. Cooper vetoed the 12 week limit, which is wildly popular in North Carolina and across the country, to stop abortion at the first trimester. He vetoed it and then his veto was overridden. It was a very unpopular move that really moves voters,” SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser told Fox News Digital.

“The other is that when he vetoed a bill that would give appropriate health care to a baby who was born alive after an attempted abortion. So those issues contrasted with Michael Whatley helped move voters in the direction of Whatley,” she added.

The study tested four different messages with more than 2,600 registered voters. All four messages helped Whatley, but the federal abortion warning produced the largest swing at nearly five points.

Among voters already most open to persuasion the impact grew to twelve points or more in Whatley’s favor.

“We are finding that these messages really resonate. We’re finding that voters really feel left behind by the Democratic Party, either ones that were leaning Democrat or were thinking about Cooper. We’re finding that it really resonates and that it still is a top performing issue in North Carolina and makes a big difference,” Dannenfelser said.

Wyatt Matters

Middle America families still believe protecting unborn life is a core value that should not be traded away for political power in Washington.