By Dave Andrusko
A great many things have transpired over the past couple of days that ought to be, and are, a great picker-upper for pro-lifers. Here are five.

Pro-abortion Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe
#1. Pro-abortionists, led by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and joined by Planned Parenthood, provider, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the pro-abortion group EMILY’s List, pulled out all the stops to flip the state Senate which was controlled by pro-life Republicans by one vote. (If one seat changed, the tally would go from 21-19 to 20-20 and the deciding vote would be cast by the pro-abortion Lt. Governor. The state Assembly is controlled by an almost 2-1 margin by pro-life Republicans.)
They failed, although they poured tons of money into an attempt to make Virginia a “laboratory” for how to run the kind of campaign that will carry the state in next year’s presidential election.
#2. Recent polling placed National Right to Life-endorsed candidate, Matt Bevin (R) behind pro-abortion Attorney General Jack Conway (D) in the race for governor of Kentucky. But Bevin carried the day by eight points!–52% to 44%.
As NRL Political Director Karen Cross wrote, “A major focus in Bevin’s campaign was his opposition to Obamacare, which provides government funding for insurance plans that pay for abortion on demand, and will ration lifesaving medical treatments.” Bevin is only the second Republican governor in Kentucky in more than 40 years.
#3. Another abortionist agreed to a settlement with authorities and, in the process, agreed to stop performing abortions. Ulrich Klopfer, a longtime Indiana itinerant abortionist, was already limited to being able to perform abortions at only one abortion clinic–Women’s Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana. “Klopfer dropped his appeal of the Indiana State Department of Health’s (ISDH) June decision to not renew his South Bend facility operating license,” according to Indiana Right to Life. The facility must cease doing abortions at close of business on November 6–this Friday.
#4. While there are many questions yet to answered–beginning with whether China will comply with its own announcement–China’s One-Child Policy has been revamped. Married couples will now be “allowed” to have two children. The totalitarian control remains, as Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) explained.
“Both the old and ‘new’ policies implement forced abortions, involuntary sterilizations and huge fines. These coercive methods result in a gender imbalance favoring males that drives human trafficking problems region-wide.”
Smith, who serves as the Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, added, “It remains highly restrictive because it still limits the size of Chinese families, which means it will be enforced coercively.
All that notwithstanding, China says it has changed its policy, one of the greatest abridgements of human rights in modern times. And
#5. While most attention is understandably focused on the very crowded and very fluid race for the Republican presidential nomination, if you look even a little you see that pro-abortion former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on very, very shaky ground.

Pro-abortion Hillary Clinton
Two recent developments remind us that her inherent weaknesses are not going away. As the Washington Post wrote today
The new Quinnipiac poll also finds Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders among Democrats nationally by 53-35. But among voters overall, her favorable ratings are 42-52; her trust numbers are an abysmal 36-60; and Americans say by 44-53 that she cares about their needs and problems. [Which means 53% do not believe she cares about their needs and problems.]
The Quinnipiac Poll explanation was more blunt. It’s not just that her trust numbers are “abysmal,” Clinton “has the lowest rating for honesty as American voters say 60 – 36 percent she is not honest and trustworthy.” Ouch.
A story in The Hill combined data with anecdote which, taken together, paint an even darker picture for Clinton: “The Democratic front-runner has a weakness with millennials,” according to Amie Parnes.
I’m not sure many people believe that, in the end, Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (Vt.) will pose much of a primary threat to Clinton next year. But…
An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll showed Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont who is running as a Democrat, received 48 percent of support from young voters between the ages of 18-29, compared to Clinton’s 33 percent.
While the poll did not break down millennial support by gender, efforts by Clinton’s campaign to reach out to young women suggests it is a demographic the former secretary of State’s team is seeking to strengthen.
Parnes story is built around a theme that keeps surfacing, in spite of the Clinton campaign’s best efforts to bury it: “She’s your mom’s candidate,” said Katherine Jellison, a professor of women’s history at Ohio University. “She and the Clinton machine seem like old news to a lot of millennials.”
Parnes then turns to a Democratic standby for further insight:
Peter Hart, a top Democratic pollster, said millennial women are more “enamored” with Sanders partly because of Clinton’s personality.
While the group appreciates her policy chops and experience, “when it comes to the more personal side, whether she is easy-going, likeable, relating well, she does less well,” Hart said.
You can read Parnes story here.
All in all, a very good few days for our Movement.