A confession: As a Midwesterner raised in an honest, hard-working family, I learned early on to be somewhat uncomfortable with asking people for help. And to ask other people for money — why, perish the thought.

Another confession: For many years before I was a National Review employee, I was an NR reader, but was not an NR supporter. When the webathons rolled around, I tended to click past them and continue reading.

What I’m saying is: I get it, from both sides. I don’t like asking for money, and I didn’t like being asked for it. But the truth is simple: National Review needs your support. We do what we do for our readers, but also, quite literally, because of you. Our work — of which our advocacy leading up to the Dobbs decision, and then our coverage thereof, is a sterling example — would not be possible without you.

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