If leaders of the pro-life movement like Marjorie Dannenfelser and Fr. Frank Pavone are going to publicly support Donald Trump and urge us to do so as well, they owe us at least a candid appraisal of what Trump is likely to accomplish. After all, we are told that his newfound anti-abortion position should outweigh a long list of actions, words and convictions that should be offensive to most pro-lifers.

Trump’s own suspect history on abortion rights is well documented. He was strongly pro-choice until conveniently deciding to flirt with Republican presidential ambitions in 2011. Given that we cannot know what is in someone’s heart, we should give him the benefit of the doubt that his conversion was sincere.