This is not a pro-life society — our task is to make it one

In the five states where abortion was on the ballot this Tuesday, the pro-life movement lost badly.

Michigan voters passed Proposal 3, which codifies a “right to reproductive access” in the state constitution and essentially neuters all existing restrictions on the procedure. Vermont and California passed similar measures, amending their state constitutions to enshrine abortion access. And in Kentucky and Montana, voters rejected pro-life measures. Kentucky’s measure would have amended the state constitution to state explicitly that it contains no right to abortion. Montana’s would have required healthcare providers to treat infants born alive after botched abortions.