I have to tell you something else that gives me hope: Have you noticed all the young people at National Review who are passionate and clear about abortion, who see it as the human-rights issue that it is? People such as Alexandra DeSanctis who, you get the sense, wakes up in the morning and loses sleep over this. Because there’s such an opportunity here in the light. And as Carl Anderson says, if it continues, if we insist that it continues, we can do a world of good, we can break out of this immiserated culture of death that we’ve been drowning in. The March for Life every year lately is packed with Students for Life “Pro-Life Generation” signs. So many young people know it’s not a given that they were going to be born — that they were a choice. That they could have been aborted and they have gratitude for their lives and want to protect other innocents as they were protected. This abortion fight won’t be forever. It may be my ongoing throughout my lifetime still — or it may not — but we’ve seen some decent hope in the last month especially that it won’t be theirs.

And I keep thinking about what Carl Anderson said about a culture of life and a civilization of love. He’s written books on the topic and has urged moving beyond a house divided on a whole host of issues. Doesn’t Monday night’s Senate vote light a fire under you about accountability? That’s something to reflect more about. We do live in this time, in this country, right now, after all. What are we going to do? What am I going to do? What are you going to do? We need to do more.