In his recent Public Discourse essay, Ryan T. Anderson argues that the deep crisis behind America’s abortion debate is not merely legal but cultural—rooted in a sexual ethic that separates pleasure from commitment, responsibility, and family. He contends that true pro-life work must go beyond legislation to challenge the assumptions of the sexual revolution, calling for a renewal of virtue, chastity, and the enduring ties of marriage and parenthood.
Consent plus condoms does not make people happy (or safe). No one on his deathbed looks back on his life and thinks of all his various and sundry orgasms. He does think of the love built up in a decades-long relationship with his spouse and in relationships with his children and grandchildren—something the sexual revolution simply can’t compete with.
Our primary task is not to persuade people of the humanity of the unborn—but to change how people conduct their sexual lives.
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