By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A wave of incoming pro-life conservative lawmakers have not only stripped the gavel from the hands of pro-abortion Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House but will now have enough control to make substantial inroads for the protection of life in our country.  It didn't take long for pro-abortion liberals to begin falling as election returns poured in last night. Long before 10:00 p.m., it became apparent that the House would fall into the hands of the GOP. The party picked up at least 60 seats, far more than the 39 needed to take control, making this the biggest power shift since the Democrats won 75 seats in 1948. "Across the country right now we’re witnessing a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of big government, and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the American people,” said John Boehner (R-OH) last night. Boehner, a pro-life Catholic who is expected to become Speaker of the House, said he plans to respect the will of the people, something he believes the Democratic majority failed to do while pushing a massively unpopular domestic agenda. "The people’s priorities will be our priorities, and the people’s agenda will be our agenda,” Boehner said. “We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making changes that they are demanding. And to the extent that he’s willing to do that, we’re ready to work with him.”?? In a statement issued after 1:00 a.m. Eastern time, outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted she was proud of the work done by her colleagues during her tenure. "Over the last four years, the Democratic majority in the House took courageous action on behalf of America’s middle class to create jobs and save the country from the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression,” she said. “The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people. We must all strive to find common ground to support the middle class, create jobs, reduce the deficit and move our nation forward.” Due to the depth of the party's losses last night, Pelosi is not expected to assume a leadership post in the House. Even though conservatives failed to capture the Senate, they substantially increased their numbers and brought pro-life Democrat Joe Manchin (D-WV) into the mix as well. The embattled Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) managed to hold onto his seat, but will find himself playing in a whole new ballgame when the new Senate is seated in January. Chastened by his toughest re-election bid ever, Reid is already striking a conciliatory tone, telling CNN this morning that he's willing to make some changes to the healthcare reform bill. "If there's some tweaking we need to do with the healthcare bill, I'm ready for some tweaking," he said.  Some of the toughest losses came to three pro-life representatives who accepted President Obama's Executive Order that supposedly banned all taxpayer funding of abortion from the health care reform bill. This decision is widely believed to have cost Steve Driehaus (D-OH), Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA) and Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) their jobs. "We can’t say they didn’t have fair warning," writes Susan B. Anthony List (SBA) president Marjorie Dannenfelser. "On our 'Abortion is NOT Health Care' tour earlier this year, we stood outside their district offices and encouraged them to stand with their pro-life constituents and to vote against any health care bill that contained taxpayer funding for abortion. We told them that we were prepared to defend them if they stood with us, but on the flip side, would defeat them if they caved." The SBA was true to their word and lobbed radio and television ads, billboards, automated calls, even a "Votes Have Consequences" tour through their districts, which led to the defeat of five out of six of their targeted candidates. "This is a major victory for us," Dannenfelser told her supporters this morning. "We couldn’t let these turncoat representatives get away with abandoning the pro-life movement after voting for the largest expansion of government-backed abortion since Roe." Bart Stupak, the leader of pro-life Democrats in the House who held his coalition together until the final moments of the health care debate, retired from office and saw his seat fall into the hands of pro-life physician Dan Benishek (R-MI).  Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee, gave much of the credit for the night's spectacular pro-life gains to conservative women. "Conservative women spoke loud and clear in the 2010 elections. Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee led efforts to mobilize behind principled candidates like Rand Paul and Marco Rubio in the Senate and Vickie Hartzler and Kristi Noem and many others in the House," she said.  "In the coming days media pundits will no doubt try to diminish our conservative victory and attempt to divide a movement unified in principle. This new Congress will be well-served to turn the TV off and listen to the women of America." © All Rights Reserved, Living His Life Abundantly®/Women of Grace®  http://www.womenofgrace.com