Abortion support is decreasing in the U.S. and abroad

New hope for life worldwide

By Janice Shaw Crouse

During discouraging times, pro-lifers remind themselves that William Wilberforce worked for two decades before he began to change hearts and minds and end 19th-century slavery in Great Britain. In efforts lasting twice as long, pro-life activists are just now beginning to see signs of success. A recent Gallup Poll found that 50 percent of American adults define themselves as pro-life (up 5 percent from 2011). According to The WashingtonTimes, two-thirds of U.S. pregnancies end with the birth of a baby, a significantly higher rate than in 1990. In addition, the teen pregnancy rate has been falling, confirming the effectiveness of strengthened abstinence programs and more widely available abstinence education.

In the meantime, the pro-life movement has brought an explosion of life-affirming laws enacted in the states. Forty-seven states considered more than 460 bills to protect women and their unborn children. In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed fetal heartbeat legislation. In Michigan, the state legislature approved what some pro-life leaders are calling “the largest collection of pro-life legislation ever addressed at one time” in the Wolverine State. In Mississippi as of July 1, all abortion-clinic physicians must have admitting privileges at a local hospital under a law passed by the Republican-led legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant in April.

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