Pro-Lifers Must Fight for the Culture, Not Just the Law

If we hope to change election outcomes, we must change people’s minds well before the voting starts.

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Pro-life demonstrators listen as former vice president Mike Pence addresses the National Celebrate Life Day Rally commemorating the first anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization case that overturned Roe v. Wade in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2023.

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Is the pro-life movement doomed to failure?

That’s the inevitable question since last Tuesday’s disastrous elections in Ohio and Virginia have dashed hopes for meaningful protections of mothers and unborn children in each state. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, seven states have put abortion to the voters, and in all seven, life lost — including in deep-red Ohio, Kentucky, and Kansas. People who’ve devoted decades to the cause are wondering how, or even whether, to carry on.

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Tim Busch

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

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