Among the laundry list of spurious and cantankerous insults directed at the pro-life movement is the charge that “pro-life” doesn’t care for the well-being of mothers, only the unborn baby.

It’s an accusation that holds little truth but one that has found a receptive audience because of how the abortion debate is typically framed. Support for abortion is a zero-sum proposition, and there is no room for the consideration that the pro-life movement actually serves mothers through various ministries and charities.