Rachel MacNair, a frequent speaker at University Faculty for Life conferences, has just published a very good piece in the June/July 2018 issue of First Things. Her essay is entitled “Our Pro-Life Future.” I can’t locate an on-line version but I encourage readers to find a copy. MacNair focusses on positive trends–declines in the number of abortions and in the abortion rate, and the dramatic decline of women having first time abortions. After noting various ways to appeal to those who are not in the pro-life camp, she concludes–“The pro-life movement is in very good shape. The trends are all in the right direction, and the signs indicate that they’ll continue in the right direction. If we recognize this, we can take full advantage of basic principles of the innate human desire for cognitive consonance–and the radiance of moral truth–in order to speed up the process.”