Dan Darling on the Noble Fight for Life: ‘We Must Not Tire’
Daniel Darling speaks clearly, consistently, ecumenically with conviction. He’s one of the younger-still laborers who find themselves living at a time of reckoning transformation and has stepped up to the plate to be a solution to immiserating problems in his daily life and work.
He is the director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, an assistant professor at Texas Baptist College, and the author of many books, including The Dignity Revolution and the forthcoming In Defense of Christian Patriotism.
Three years ago, one of the most Constitutionally illiterate and morally vacuous rulings, Roe v. Wade, was cast to the dustbin of history with the Dobbs decision. Fifty years of faithful, persistent, and determined opposition bore fruit as the Roberts court overturned this heinous ruling. Few observers in 1973 could imagine a sustained pro-life movement, but less a victory at the highest Court. But as much as we celebrate what happened three years ago–and we should–we must also understand that Dobbs was not the end of the fight, but the beginning of a new chapter. We must not tire in our quest to champion the most vulnerable members of our society, the precious souls who cannot vote, cannot march, cannot by themselves escape the cruel scalpel or murderous chemical that attempts to snuff out their lives.
Those of us who have long been in this movement must not tire, communicating with conviction and compassion, that inside the womb is not a mere cluster of cells, or a problem to be solved, but indeed a person, made in the image of God. What is needed is new education for a new generation, the catechizing of young hearts and minds with this simple message. Alongside the tireless fight for legislative and legal protection must be the campaign for the moral and spiritual framework to help our neighbors see humanity where those who seek to end life only see inconvenience.
And we should remember that ours is a worthy fight, a noble fight, a movement for the ages.