Pro-Life Isn’t One Issue. It’s Every Person, at Every Stage.

I get asked a lot why I talk about life so much on a blog that also talks about manufacturing and reactors. Fair question. My answer is simple: none of the rest of it matters if we don’t get this one right.

A country exists for its people. If we can’t agree that a person is a person, at every stage, then all the jobs and ships and power plants in the world are just stuff.

Where I’m coming from

I’ll show you my homework. The Catechism (opens in a new tab) puts it about as clearly as anything ever written: “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.” And then, a few paragraphs later, on the other end of life, it says direct euthanasia, “whatever its motives and means,” is “morally unacceptable.”

That’s the whole thing in two sentences. From the first moment to the last breath. Not one or the other. Both.

And I want to be fair to what the Church actually says, because people twist this. The same section says that stopping treatments that are “burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate” can be legitimate, and it calls palliative care “a special form of disinterested charity.” Being pro-life at the end of life doesn’t mean forcing every machine on Grandma. It means we never decide that her life has stopped being worth living. Big difference.

Why I back this President on life

I’ll never forget President Trump standing up at the 2019 State of the Union (opens in a new tab) and saying: “All children — born and unborn — are made in the holy image of God.” In the same speech he said, “Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life.”

That’s the job. Not just passing laws, though laws matter. Building a culture. And it’s a lot easier to build a culture when the President of the United States is willing to say those words out loud in front of the whole Congress.

Pro-life means pro-family

Here’s something a lot of my fellow conservatives miss. If we’re serious about life, we have to be serious about making it easier to start and raise a family. The CDC (opens in a new tab) reported 3,606,400 births in 2025, down 1% from the year before, with the general fertility rate down to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44.

I don’t read that as a reason to despair. I read it as a to-do list. Good jobs that let one paycheck go further. Housing young couples can afford. Churches and neighbors who show up with a casserole and a crib when a baby’s on the way, especially when Mom is scared and alone. Pregnancy centers that get our money and our time, not just our applause.

That’s where free markets and faith meet. Growth gives families room to breathe. Faith gives them a reason to.

The hopeful part

I know the fight is long. But I’m genuinely optimistic. The arguments are on our side. Science keeps showing us more about the baby in the womb, not less. Good palliative care means nobody has to be told that ending their life is the only way out of suffering. And the young people coming back to church give me more hope for this cause than I’ve had in years.

So here’s my ask. Be pro-life on Sunday and on Tuesday. At the ballot box and at the baby shower. At the hospital bedside and at the kitchen table. Every person, every stage, every day.

We’re going to win this one. Not because we shout louder, but because love wins.

Sources

• The Catechism, nos. 2258–2283 (vatican.va) (opens in a new tab)
• President Trump, State of the Union, February 5, 2019 (Trump White House archives) (opens in a new tab)
• CDC/NCHS, U.S. births down 1% in 2025 (April 9, 2026) (opens in a new tab)