After Roe v. Wade, Pro-Lifers Should Expand Pro-Life Efforts

I can’t forecast some of the changes we can expect in the first post-Roe decade. I can, though, list some fundamental things that will still apply. Some men with hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate will pressure women to abort. Some pregnant women will take desperate measures if they feel it’s a case of do-or-die. It’s the same old story, as time goes by — to borrow from Casablanca.

This means that the need for compassionate help amid crisis pregnancies will remain. Some tiny humans will survive, but most who would have faced a death sentence will still face it, sometimes in New York, California, Illinois, and other abortion strongholds, sometimes in a lonely room where a desperate woman ingests a pill or potion. Life or death for unborn children will still depend on the willingness of their mothers to protect them.

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Marvin Olasky

Marvin Olasky is co-author with Leah Savas of The Story of Abortion in America (Crossway, 2023).

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I can’t forecast some of the changes we can expect in the first post-Roe decade. I can, though, list some fundamental things that will still apply. Some men with hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate will pressure women to abort. Some pregnant women will take desperate measures if they feel it’s a case of do-or-die. It’s the same old story, as time goes by — to borrow from Casablanca.

This means that the need for compassionate help amid crisis pregnancies will remain. Some tiny humans will survive, but most who would have faced a death sentence will still face it, sometimes in New York, California, Illinois, and other abortion strongholds, sometimes in a lonely room where a desperate woman ingests a pill or potion. Life or death for unborn children will still depend on the willingness of their mothers to protect them.