U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., joined with abortion activists in Grand Rapids on Thursday to stoke fears about a national abortion ban as signs point to waning election enthusiasm among Democratic women voters.

The Holly Democrat, vying to replace U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, stood flanked by EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler, Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson, Mini Timmaraju, president of Reproductive Freedom for All, and Grand Rapids U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten to insist “choice is on the ballot” in 2024.

The women highlighted the “huge” wins for Michigan Democrats in 2022 with the help of Proposal 3, the voter approved ballot initiative that enshrined the right to an abortion in the state constitution and propelled Democrats to their first government trifecta in four decades.

They argued Proposal 3 could be nixed by Republicans if they win control of Congress in November, despite repeated assurances from former President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates that a national abortion ban is not a priority.

“Look at what they do and not what they say,” Slotkin told about 50 supporters at New Vintage Place, a Grand Rapids banquet hall, according to MLive.

“We know that what we did here in Michigan could so easily be stripped away next year if we are not able to take back the House, if we lose the Senate and lose the presidency,” Timmaraju said.

In April, Trump declined to endorse a national abortion ban, laying out his position on the issue in a video post on Truth Social, The Associated Press reports.

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“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both,” Trump said. “And whatever they decide must be the law of the land – in this case, the law of the state.”

Slotkin faces off against actor Hill Harper in the Aug. 6 Democratic primary, but did not mention him by name on Thursday. Instead, she focused on Republican challengers that include former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, former U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, businessman Sandy Pensler, physician Sherry O’Donnell, attempting to link them to legislation considered in the House to restrict in-veto fertilization, Michigan Advance reports.

Rogers countered the comments with a statement promising to “take NO action that would take away rights guaranteed by the Michigan Constitution or support any legislation that would limit access to IVF, which has helped so many Americans start their families.”

Scholten and others also spoke about how important abortion is to Slotkin’s campaign and efforts to elect Democrats in 2024.

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“Elissa chose to come here because she knows that you cannot win statewide without winning here in West Michigan,” Scholten said. “We have seen a sea change here in West Michigan when it comes to the issue of reproductive rights.”

That sea change, however, appears to have evaporated into a puddle as motivation to vote among Democratic women in Michigan without abortion on the ballot.

A new poll of women voters released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health policy nonprofit, shows “greater motivation to vote among Democratic women voters in states that may have ballot initiatives occurs even though they are no more satisfied with President (Joe) Biden’s job performance than Democratic women voters in states without similar initiatives – a sign that the ballot issues may be driving interest,” according to a news release cited by Michigan Advance.

In Michigan, the KFF survey found 60% of women voters, and 69% of Democratic women voters, are now focused on inflation as a top issue now that abortion access was settled with the 2022 ballot initiative.

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The KFF poll also showed 80% of Republican women voters in Michigan plan to cast ballots in November, compared to 72% of Democratic women voters.

Only 53% of women surveyed gave Biden a positive rating on inflation.

“While most women who voted in 2020 say they are going to pick the same candidate this year, about one in six women who voted for President Biden in 2020 say they will either not vote or will vote for a different candidate this year, including 7% who say they plan to vote for former President Donald Trump,” the Advance reports.

“By contrast, just 1% of women voters who voted for Trump in 2020 say they plan on voting for Biden in 2024.”