"Evangelicals and GOP 2024 hopefuls prioritize anti-abortion stance"

At the Faith & Freedom Coalition's annual conference, Republican presidential candidates pushed for more abortion restrictions, even as Democrats insist the issue will buoy them going into 2024, the first presidential election year since the Supreme Court overturned a half-century of legal precedent that had made abortion accessible nationwide. Ralph Reed, founder and chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, said the conference's dates were negotiated years ago, so the fact that it spans the Dobbs anniversary, which comes Saturday, is a "serendipitous coincidence.”