Tensions between the Trump administration and the pro-life movement have been largely dormant, but they’re starting to come back in full force. Marjorie Dannenfelser, the head of pro-life political advocacy organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, recently called on President Donald Trump to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary for his failure to act swiftly on his promised review of the abortion pill, mifepristone. Lila Rose of Live Action has joined in. Just days ago, former Vice President Mike Pence reiterated his call to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over mifepristone. Simultaneously, Trump’s inner circle is lashing out against Missouri Senator Josh Hawley for new pro-life messaging efforts that he and his wife, Erin, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, are promoting.
The current rash of ill feeling between Trump and pro-lifers has at its core an unresolved tension over why Republicans were unsuccessful in the 2022 midterms. Trump’s political team blames abortion, and he has de-emphasized the issue ever since. But to survive as a movement, pro-life organizations and leaders must push back on Trumpworld’s instincts toward silence and inaction.
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