It’s our responsibility to hold politicians to a higher standard.
Tomorrow, Vice President JD Vance will be headlining the March for Life rally, and I’m really concerned about what that says about our movement.
You see, the March for Life isn’t like voting. I can understand a pro-life person looking at the two options available in the 2024 presidential election, and making the pragmatic decision to vote for the candidates who had the best chance of protecting prenatal lives. Elections are often a lot like trolley problems, where there are no perfect options that involve no one being hurt.
The March for Life, on the other hand, is our biggest opportunity to represent our cause to the world. We have the opportunity to spotlight our best aspects, while also signaling to an administration that’s been wobbly on core pro-life issues like the Hyde amendment, IVF, and early abortion restrictions thatwe’re more than just a guaranteed voting block that will give them a rally stage and accolades for doing the bare minimum.
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder return to discuss the question: “Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life?” The conversation touches on practical and philosophical points, including discussion about objective and subjective morality and its relationship with deism, as well as Monica’s experiences responding to both pro-life and pro-choice people who raise a scrutinizing eyebrow when they realize that they are talking with a pro-life atheist.
I’ve never been very good at a traditional ERI-style outreach or active sidewalk counseling. I’ve always struggled to strike up a conversation with a random stranger. No matter how many times I rehearse an opening line, when the moment comes, my voice chokes off before I can get a word out. I literally feel my throat and diaphragm physically seize. I’ve not completely given up on trying to clear this hurdle, but I’ve had to accept that my social anxiety is a real barrier to certain types of pro-life advocacy.
