What’s abundantly clear is that the Democratic party has no message and no plan. At a time when voters want and need meaningful, effective outreach to the center, Democrats are doing everything we can to alienate and polarize an issue that 64 percent of Americans agree on.

But even amongst those who support abortion, 56 percent do so while being conflicted or with limitations—and that doesn’t make them bad. Our party’s politicians need to understand that or risk setting the issue back another 50 years.

Democrats have to stop letting Republicans dictate the terms of engagement. While Republicans want to focus on rare late-term abortions, 91 percent are performed in the first 15 weeks. Roe is about preserving 50 years of case law on personal privacy and making one’s own health decisions. Democrats should be arguing that America is a country that upholds an individual’s freedom to make those decisions.

More importantly, Democratic officials must prove that they are competent and able to address very real economic problems as well as choice—bearing down with results, not just rhetoric.