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I’ve been tracking these tactics in my newsletter, “Abortion, Every Day,” since Roe was overturned, finding that the GOP’s deception runs deeper than most people realize.

And in a moment when so many states are using citizen-led ballot initiatives to restore and protect abortion rights, Republicans are also eager to claim that “the will of the people” is being represented by legislators — rather than voters having a direct say on an issue.

Before the Supreme Court heard arguments this spring over lifesaving abortions in emergency rooms, for example, conservative legal powerhouse Alliance Defending Freedom accused the Biden administration of “overrid[ing] the will of Idaho voters enacted through their elected representatives.”

As pro-choice activists collected signatures to get abortion on the ballot in Missouri, anti-abortion groups warned voters via text messages that “out-of-state strangers” would try to steal their personal information by asking them to sign petitions.

After an 1864 ban was allowed to stand by the state Supreme Court, sparking a national backlash, Republicans decided to propose a ballot measure of their own in order to trick angry voters.

A leaked GOP strategy document laid out the party’s plan to introduce a ballot measure that sounded pro-choice in order to siphon votes away from the real abortion-rights amendment in the state.

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