Pro-Life Movement Will Increasingly Triumph

The protesters weren’t many, but they were loud. With a bullhorn in hand and a loudspeaker nearby, the roughly half dozen abortion supporters started yelling just as I and 800 other Catholics sat down for dinner and a speech on a Napa Valley hotel lawn on July 30. What happened next gave me incredible hope for the pro-life movement, even as states such as Kansas vote to block new limits on abortion.

The protesters certainly brought a lot of passion. They ran through a litany of catchy chants and phrases, from “get your rosaries off my ovaries” to “you can’t take us back to the 1800s” to “motherhood should be a choice.” The audience — a mix of Catholic bishops, priests, monks, nuns, nonprofit leaders, theologians, and philanthropists — fidgeted for a few minutes. I saw a good number of headshakes and half smiles, probably coming from a place of discomfort. We waited patiently for the protesters to run out of steam so we could get on with the keynote of our four-day conference. It didn’t seem imminent.

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Tim Busch

Tim Busch is co-founder of the Napa Institute, a Catholic lifestyle organization.

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The protesters weren’t many, but they were loud. With a bullhorn in hand and a loudspeaker nearby, the roughly half dozen abortion supporters started yelling just as I and 800 other Catholics sat down for dinner and a speech on a Napa Valley hotel lawn on July 30. What happened next gave me incredible hope for the pro-life movement, even as states such as Kansas vote to block new limits on abortion.

The protesters certainly brought a lot of passion. They ran through a litany of catchy chants and phrases, from “get your rosaries off my ovaries” to “you can’t take us back to the 1800s” to “motherhood should be a choice.” The audience — a mix of Catholic bishops, priests, monks, nuns, nonprofit leaders, theologians, and philanthropists — fidgeted for a few minutes. I saw a good number of headshakes and half smiles, probably coming from a place of discomfort. We waited patiently for the protesters to run out of steam so we could get on with the keynote of our four-day conference. It didn’t seem imminent.