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In his lead article, “Building an Enduring Majority for Life,” Clarke Forsythe surveys post-Dobbs America and promotes a path forward. “The Dobbs decision moved control of abortion from the Court to public sentiment,” he writes; no surprise, then, that in this time of “stark ideological divisions” and two generations of Roe’s negative impact on Americans, the country is sharply divided on abortion. Dobbs sent the abortion question back to the states and the democratic process—so, to majority rule. But “the cause for life in America has yet to launch a concerted and sustained effort to build an enduring majority for life.” We need to “build a movement strong enough to induce politicians to follow.” But how?
In a crucial reminder of how the American republic was constructed, Forsythe de-tails the necessity and potential of majority rule, but with the limits on it provided by our Constitution. He looks to the wisdom of the great President Abraham Lincoln to illuminate how moral passion and the virtue of prudence can work together to turn the tide in the majority, to laws that align with natural law and the promises of the Declaration of Independence. This effort will necessarily take time; “Those who are desperate for immediate success and pursue desperate measures, like prosecuting women for abortion,” writes Forsythe, “will burn out or fade away.”
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