Trump’s second term has come with many defeats for the pro-life movement. Abortions have increased due to the administration’s refusal to restrict the abortion pill, and Trump’s personal ambivalence on the issue has won out. What accounts for the difference between now and Trump’s first term, when he proudly accepted the title of “most pro-life president in American history”? Jonathon Van Maren writes that it comes down to Mike Pence, who in the first admin was the movement’s man on the inside. “Pro-lifers who spent four years thanking the wrong man are now learning, belatedly, that transactional relationships have a price.” For further reading: Following the 2024 election, Carmel Richardson observed that young women had not treated abortion as the only important electoral issue. Read why in “How Abortion Lost Its Cool” (May 2025). More: https://firstthings.com/how-trump-betrayed-the-pro-life-movement/ | 
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