Trump and the Pro Life Agenda

Thank you so much.

Well, I want to start by pointing out that the question of this debate is not whether the Trump administration is better for the pro-life movement than a Kamala Harris administration or any other Democrat.

Obviously the answer to that question is yes.

The question is, is the Trump administration doing enough to advance a pro-life agenda? And, you know, one simply needs to look at the number of abortions since 2023.

And I think the pro-life movement and more importantly, pro-life voters have reasons to feel disappointed in the second Trump administration.

And according to the pro-abortion Kaiser Family Foundation, the reason that abortions have increased since the Dobbs decision and really since 2023 is the increase in the abortion pill.

We have seen that the Biden administration actually changed the regulations around how the abortion pill was sent out and how it was administered.

They got rid of the in-person doctor appointment.

They allowed it to be sent in by the mail, including into states that don't have legal abortion after a certain number of weeks.

And they also it's so much cheaper because telehealth is cheaper than in-person care.

So these are all policies that the Biden administration put in place and the Trump administration could and should repeal in order to lower the number of abortions in our country.

And so that's one of the big reasons why a lot of pro-lifers are disappointed and think that the Trump administration is not, in fact, doing enough for the pro-life community.

And there are other things I think that the Trump administration could do, some of them which they did do in the first administration, and they could do again.

And one of course is defunding Planned Parenthood.

We know that Planned Parenthood has committed $47 million to defeat Republicans in the 2026 midterms.

And Congress and the president did defund them for one year through Medicaid.

But that funding was restored in July.

And it just seems like a bad policy and also bad politically to allow your opponent to to continue to get $800 million a year while they've committed $47 million to defeat you.

And it's not just great pro-lifers like Mike Johnson that they're committed to taking out.

It's really pro-choice Republicans like Susan Collins who will never, ever be pro-choice enough for them.

So they're taking them out.

Of course, the president hinted around about watering down the Hyde Amendment.

And that was a big disappointment to pro-life voters.

That law has been in effect since 1976.

And so we need him to hold the line on that.