It has been two years since the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson, overturning Roe v. Wade. It is worth taking stock of where the pro-life movement finds itself now.
Over the past few months, children have been born, and some have celebrated their birthdays, because Dobbs allowed their states to provide them with legal protections against the lethal violence of abortion. Some of these little ones are already walking, talking, and giggling, thanks to fifty years of work by pro-life activists.
But every time abortion policies have appeared on state ballots since Dobbs, the people have voted against life. Public opinion has shifted drastically in favor of abortion in the past decade. In response, the Republican Party has watered down its platform language about, and weakened its commitment to, the unborn. It took fifty years to overturn Roe, and, for all we know, it may take even longer for us to protect every unborn child in this nation. We need to be committed for the long haul.
