Pence urged his fellow Republicans to exhibit “resolve, here and now, that we will not shrink from the fight” for anti-abortion legislation. His remarks come as Republicans have splintered over Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) recent proposal to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of gestation.

“My consistent message will be to legislators and to governors around the country, and the leaders here in Washington, D.C., is to by all means advance the cause of life,” Pence told RealClearPolitics in an interview. “[Conservatives must] recognize that it may take us as long to restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law in every state as it took us to overturn Roe v. Wade.”