WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans arent giving up on efforts to pass legislation sharply limiting abortion nationwide despite their partys losses in Tuesdays elections, which saw Democrats notching huge victories for abortion rights.

Staunchly anti-abortion lawmakers argued that the GOP needs to work even harder to persuade voters of their cause and redouble their efforts to pass a ban on abortion after 15 weeks at a minimum.

We cant give in to the idea that the federal Congress has no role in this matter because if it doesnt, then the pro-life movement is basically not going to exist, I think, for the next couple of years, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) warned on Wednesday, calling the results depressing.

Ohio, a GOP-controlled state, voted on Tuesday to enshrine abortion access in its constitution making it the seventh state in which voters successfully protected abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Democrats also racked up huge wins in the Kentucky governors race and in Virginias legislature , two states where abortion was a key issue.

The Ohio vote is just the latest sign that Republicans are majorly out of step with voters on abortion. California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont all had either affirmed abortion access or defeated attempts to roll it back. It wont stop there, either voters in Arizona, Florida and Missouri will have a say next year.