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Former Vice President Mike Pence said he and other pro-life Republicans are not shying away from talking about abortion on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, returning power to the states to limit abortion. Election analysts have credited the far-reaching decision with helping Democrats close some gaps with Republicans in recent polling. Several Democratic candidates have used the issue in campaign ads to reach voters concerned about access to abortion.

Some GOP candidates from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, meanwhile, have recently focused on spiking crime rates across America's cities - a choice some observers have referred to as a "pivot" and proof Republicans are moderating their takes on abortion.

"As I've been traveling around the country, I haven't," Pence told Fox News Digital after his remarks at the Club for Growth School Freedom Forum Tuesday. "And the candidates I see effectively engaging the public on this issue are candidatesthat are talking about it, are talking from theirhearts about their commitment to the sanctity of life."

ABORTION REMAINS KEY ISSUE FOR SOME VOTERS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a roundtable discussion on reopening the economy at Rajant Corporation, which makes wireless communication systems, in Malvern, Pa., Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool) (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)

'I've often said I'm pro-life," Pence continued. "I don't apologize for it. I'd love to see the sanctity of life restored to the center of American law in all 50 states. But I recognize that may take as long to accomplish in every state in the country as it did to overturn Roe v. Wade, which was nearly half a century. And I'm committed to continue to be a part of that cause."

Pence said that he "sees" some of the commentary about the impact of abortion on the midterm elections, saying, "I don't doubt that abortion rights advocates are using the issue to motivate their voters." But he suggested the pro-life side of the debate has the upper hand.

"But I will tell you I see great enthusiasm aroundthe country for this new beginning of life and the candidates that are talking about life in terms that are principled and compassionate candidates that are talking about life are going to prevail and move the cause forward," he said.

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A girl holds a pro-life sign in front of the Supreme Court after the historic ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade. (Fox News Digital)

The media has often hyped abortion as a game changer in November, with some analysts claiming Republican lawmakers were caught "flat-footed" by the Dobbs decision.

"What does surprise me, Abby, is the reality that Republicans are caught flat-footed by a Supreme Court decision that huge swaths of the party had been rooting for, for literally 49 years," New York Times National Political correspondent Alex Burns told CNN "Inside Politics" host Abby Phillip in August.

"They recognize this is a problem for them, their message on abortion has been completely nonexistent or completely disjointed. Theyre worried about that. And so it is something that is a growing concern for Republicans right now," CNN Capitol Hill reporter Melanie Zanona said on the same panel.

MIKE HUCKABEE: GOP NEEDS TO STOP BEING AFRAID OF ISSUES LIKE ABORTION

Recent Fox News polling found that abortion is the main issue motivating 16% of voters. It was just behind inflation, which was the main issue motivating nearly 20% of voters.

Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 01, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee agrees with Pence that Republicans cannot be "afraid" to talk about abortion and at the same time should expose the "extremism" of the other side.

"And we need to quit acting like we're afraid to take on the issues, even the abortion issue," Huckabee said last month on "Hannity." "A lot of Republicans are afraid of it. What we need to do is make the Democrats answer for their radical extremist position to take the life of an unborn child right up to the moment of its birth. That's extremism. Our positions are not extreme."

Cortney O'Brien isan Editor at Fox News. Twitter: @obrienc2

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A U.S. Secret Service officer near the White House on November 8, 2020.J. Scott Applewhite/AP

In July, the House committee investigating the Capitol riots issued a subpoena to the Secret Service.

The Secret Service provided more than one million electronic communications to Jan 6 investigators.

The messages could help investigators piece together information about efforts to protect Mike Pence.

The Secret Service has provided more than one million electronic communications to congressional investigators that could help provide more clarity on what unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, two anonymous sources told NBC News.

The communications include emails and other electronic messages from agents in the days leading up to and during the Capitol insurrection, as per NBC.

According to the news outlet, the messages could help investigators piece together information about agents' efforts to protect former Vice President Mike Pence and also shed light on what may have occurred inside then-President Donald Trump's car when he allegedly demandedto be taken to the Capitol on Jan 6.

"We have and continue to fully cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee. While no additional text messages were recovered, we have provided a significant level of details from emails, radio transmissions, Microsoft Teams chat messages and exhibits that address aspects of planning, operations and communications surrounding Jan. 6," Secret Service Special Agent Steve Kopek told NBC.

In July, The House committee investigating the Capitol riots issued a subpoena to the US Secret Service after the Department of Homeland Security inspector general accused the agency of deleting text messages when their records were requested.

Representatives for the US Secret Service did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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Don't hold your breath for surprise appearances from former Vice President Mike Pence, Justice Clarence Thomas' wife Ginni or self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" Roger Stone when the House Jan. 6 committee takes the stage again on Thursday.

The big picture: The committee's last hearing before the midterms, and perhaps ever, will focus overwhelmingly on one central antagonist former President Trump and won't feature live testimony, people familiar with the plans tell Axios.

What we're hearing: Lawmakers on the panel want to minimize ancillary players becoming a sideshow and keep the focus on evidence tying Trump to the attack.

Details: The panel will refocus on Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his role in other events before, during and after the violence on Jan. 6.

Between the lines: The hearing also will serve as a closing moment on the congressional stage for the two Republicans on the panel Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) who are taking steps to solidify the legitimacy of their political leadership after being cast out of their party.

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A new ad from the Democratic challenger in the southeast Iowa congressional race claims sitting Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks wants to outlaw all abortions nationwide. No exceptions for rape, incest, or to save a womans life.

The U.S. Supreme Court this summer overturning Roe v. Wade, long-held protections for abortion until fetal viability, spurred public debate over restrictions on abortion and is seen as a key issue by Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.

Congresswoman Miller-Meeks speaks during a luncheon, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport.

Miller-Meeks said in a September debate and has said in interviews that she supports exceptions for rape, incest, and a womans life. She endorsed a bill from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., that would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks with those exceptions.

Christina Bohannans ad is referring to Miller-Meeks co-sponsoring of the Life at Conception Act, a House proposal with 163 Republican co-sponsors that would guarantee a constitutional right to life of each born and pre-born human person from the moment of fertilization without explicit exceptions.

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In an interview last week with a Quad-City Times reporter, Miller-Meeks said when asked about the Act: I think that you can recognize medically that life begins at conception, and still have exceptions, as I've already noted. So again, my long-held position in multiple public interviews has been I'm pro-life with exceptions for life of the mother, rape, and incest.

Congressional candidate Christina Bohannan, a Democrat from Iowa City, will be in Davenport on Tuesday for a roundtable with health care officials about abortion.

Bohannan continues in the ad: I never imagined my daughter would grow up having fewer rights than I had. Im fighting to protect our right to choose. When it comes to our bodies, women should be in charge, not Washington politicians.

Iowa Sen. Kevin Kinney releases ad celebrating "Noah's law"

Iowa Sen. Kevin Kinney, a Democrat from Oxford, released his second ad of the election cycle, highlighting his work on a law honoring a Tiffin teen who drowned in the Coralville Reservoir in 2020.

When Noah Herring drowned in 2020, the people with him did not call for help, according to reports at the time, and did not tell the Johnson County Sheriffs office where his body was.

In the ad, Noahs cousin, Amber Herring, sitting with his mother Lisa Herring, tells the story of getting the law passed.

We reached out to Senator Kevin Kinney, who helped us pass a law so that what our family went through; another family does not have to go through, she says.

The ad was paid for by the Iowa Democratic Party.

The law, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2021, makes it a crime to not call emergency responders when someone appears to be in imminent danger and increases penalties for not telling authorities the location of a corpse. Three juveniles and one adult were charged with lesser crimes related to Herrings death, but failing to alert authorities was not a crime at the time.

In a statement, Kinney said the law was a bipartisan effort and the legislation was written with input from Herrings family.

I then worked across the aisle to get Noahs Law passed unanimously, he said. Im honored to have the support of Noahs family, and I will continue to work to protect crime victims and their families in the State Senate.

Grassley announces farmers coalition

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during a lunch for Republican volunteers during the "Hearts and Minds Day" door-knocking event, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley's campaign announced the county chairs of the Farmers for Grassley Coalition, a group of farmers who support Grassleys reelection.

The campaign previously announced the leadership of the group, which includes Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, former presidents of the Iowa Farm Bureau and Iowa Corn Growers Association, and former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey.

The list includes farmers from all of Iowas 99 counties. Grassley also announced a veterans coalition from the 99 counties in September.

Congress will rewrite the Farm Bill next year and we need a farmer to represent our interests in the U.S. Senate, Larry Madson, Shelby County farm chair, said in a news release from the campaign. ...Chuck is the strong voice we need to strengthen and sustain the family farm for generations to come. Iowa agriculture needs Chuck fighting for us more than ever.

Former Vice President Mike Pence, center, speaks to the media during a visit Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the media Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence walks with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence, center, greets fairgoers on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence, center, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, greet fairgoers on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence walks through the Varied Industries Building on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence walks with Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence talks with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence checks his watch as he walks down the concourse Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence greets a fairgoer on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence, right, walks past a corn dog stand Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence greets fairgoers on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence points to a pork picnic in a cup in the Iowa Pork Producers tent on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence eats a pork picnic in a cup Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in the Iowa Pork Producers tent during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence reacts after eating a pork picnic in a cup Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in the Iowa Pork Producers tent during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence reacts to supporters during a stop Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, at the Iowa Pork Producers tent during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence talks with Juan Pina, right, on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence talks with a fairgoer on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the media Friday during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Former Vice President Mike Pence greets fairgoers on Friday during a visit to the Iowa State Fair.

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For years, Arizona has been one of former President Donald Trump's favorite spots to campaign. Here's a rundown of his visits.

July 11, 2015: Eventual Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump makes his first stop in Phoenix, focusing on immigration and helping set the tone for his upstart campaign.

Dec. 16: Trump packs the airport in Mesa a day after one of the Republican debates.

March 19, 2016: Protesters couldnt stop Trump from drawing thousands to a raucous rally in Fountain Hills the weekend before the states presidential primary. He also stopped in Tucson.

June 18: Trump packs the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on a blistering summer day.

Aug. 31: Trump outlines his hard-line plans for dealing with immigration and border security in a widely anticipated speech in Phoenix. Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was on hand for the event.

Oct. 4: Trump tries to energize his conservative base at a stop in Prescott Valley.

Oct. 29: Trump schedules a record-breaking seventh Arizona stop in a visit to the Phoenix Convention Center.

Feb. 19, 2020: President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, touting the national economy.

May 5: Trump tours a Phoenix Honeywell facility making respirator masks to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and discusses aid to Native Americans.

June 23: Trump addresses a church full of mostly maskless young people in Phoenix amid a pandemic that followed his disastrous, half-empty rally in Tulsa days earlier. He visited the border wall in Yuma earlier in the day.

Aug. 18: Trump visits Yuma during the Democratic National Convention to highlight his record on building a border wall and attack his Democratic opponents ambitions on immigration.

Sept. 14: Trump holds a roundtable event with a group called Latinos for Trump at the Arizona Grand Resort in an effort to pull in support with a demographic that could be key to carrying the swing state.

Oct. 19: On a day overshadowed by his private insults for epidemiologist Anthony Fauci, Trump targets his base in a hangar visit to Prescott and seeks to boost GOP turnout in a Tucson hangar stop.

Oct. 28: On a day that broke the states record for presidential-ticket visits, Trump held rallies in Bullhead City and Goodyear.

July 24, 2021: Trump attends a Turning Point Action rally in Phoenix and predicts the ongoing ballot review would vindicate his claims of a stolen election.

Jan. 17, 2022: Trump packs 15,000 into a rally in Florence to hear him lament a stolen election, rip President Joe Biden and tease at another run.

July 22: Trump boosted his Republican picks ahead of the August primary at an event in Prescott Valley. It dwarfed events held the same day involving Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Oct. 9: In his third Arizona visit of the year, Trump is expected to urgeRepublicans to support Kari Lake, Blake Masters and the rest of his GOP picks in the midterm elections during the rally in Mesa.

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