I am an evangelical Christian, and central to that is my belief in the sanctity of all life — a belief that, like millions of other evangelicals, I have expressed through my opposition to abortion. Over the past 40 years my wife and I have joined silent prayer walks and have given to crisis pregnancy centers. We have written to our elected leaders, debated with friends and family who disagreed with us and sought to influence our culture to value life at every stage, especially those not yet born.
We have grieved for the loss of so many lives, so full of potential never realized. We have always believed that protecting life is an obligation for us, for any elected official we support and especially for judges who interpret our laws. That is why we are grateful that President Trump has said that value for those not yet born was an important criterion in choosing his first nominee to the Supreme Court.
But in recent years, I have come to realize that being pro-life requires more of me.