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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

It's not a majority in terms of that public policy that they're promoting, abortion on demand without apology, no religious exemptions, taxpayer funded.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

And so it's been so politicized is what I'm saying.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Yes, we're hooked on it right now culturally.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

And that's one of the political fight.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

I know we're talking about that.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

It's so important.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

But our biggest focus at Life Action, actually, my personal focus with other projects I'm working on is changing really the environment that we're in through really one person at a time.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Because it does take people having their own ha-ha moments about relationships and sex and purpose and identity.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Because I think there's a spiritual sickness and a moral decay that we've...

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

we're experiencing, and that is the biggest thing to fight.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Well, I would say the administration has already proven time and time again that they're willing to go out and do highly controversial things.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

They also have a rather low approval rating at the moment and might lose... I mean, how much do they care when they have their issue that they are going for because they believe it's important to the base?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

So there is a pro-life base.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

That base matters.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

So my argument purely politically would be, obviously, do the right thing, period, always is my encouragement.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

But from a political standpoint, if they want to rally the base...

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

I would say you need to take bold, decisive action.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

That's what the base wants to see.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

They're seeing it on other issues, different parts of bases, you know, whether it's ICE and how they're handling the ICE situation.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

I have my gripes with it, right?