The Pro-Life Movement’s Work Is Just Beginning
Now is the time for gratitude and profound humility about what comes after <em>Roe</em>.
by David French
Jun 24, 2022
4 minutes
The entire legal and cultural ethos of the pro-life movement can be summed up in two sentences: A just society protects all life. A moral society values all life.
Justice is thus necessary but not sufficient for a culture of life. The pro-life movement should greet the reversal of Roe v. Wade with a spirit of gratitude. The people of this country have, for the first time in almost 50 years, an opportunity to enact laws that truly protect the lives of unborn children. But the movement should also show a profound humility and absence of malice toward their political opponents.
After all, the simple truth is, the movement can ultimately defeat its very purpose.
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