The Cost of Compromise: What the Pro-Life Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
Many people assume that the pro-life movement and the abolitionist movement are basically the same — that we’re on the same team with slightly different strategies. But that assumption couldn’t be more wrong.
Yes, both oppose abortion. But we take fundamentally different approaches.
The pro-life movement is primarily rooted in Roman Catholic thought and political strategy. It emphasizes education, lobbying, and gradual regulation — heartbeat bills, 15-week bans, and exceptions for rape and incest. All of it based on what’s politically possible, not what is biblically required.
Abolitionism, on the other hand, is rooted in the Word of God — especially within the Reformed tradition. We believe abortion is murder — the intentional destruction of human beings made in the image of God — and it must be abolished immediately, without compromise. No exceptions. No partiality. Equal protection under the law for everyhuman being, born or preborn.
When Pro-Life Leaders Oppose Abolition
You might assume that the main opponents of abolition bills are Planned Parenthood or pro-choice Democrats. But in state after state where true abolition bills have been introduced, the fiercest opposition has come from the pro-life movement itself.
Groups like National Right to Life, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, and Students for Life have consistently lobbied to kill abolition bills — not because they love abortion, but because abolition exposes the failure and compromise of their strategy. It refuses to play the political game. It demands justice — and that’s a threat to the entire system they’ve built.
Follow the Money
Let’s talk numbers.
Do you know what the annual budget of the Connecticut Foundation to Abolish Abortion is? $0.
Do you know how much I make as the director? $0.
Now compare that to some of the most prominent pro-life leaders and their organizations:
Charlie Kirk Turning Point USA $392,866 $82 million (2023)
Lila Rose Live Action $375,920 $6.5 million (2022)
Kristan Hawkins Students for Life $321,333 $11.7 million (2020)
Marjorie Dannenfelser SBA Pro-Life America $424,827 $12 million (2022)
Carol Tobias National Right to Life $41,400~$5.7 million
These aren’t grassroots ministries — they’re political machines with massive budgets. And the uncomfortable truth is this:
If your organization’s existence depends on the evil you claim to oppose, how likely is it that you’ll ever truly end that evil?
They celebrated the fall of Roe v. Wade, but abortion is still legal in all 50 states — especially through abortion pills, which now account for the majority of procedures. Yet the fundraising continues. The lobbying continues. The compromises continue.
Justice Doesn’t Come Through Fundraising
If the pro-life movement truly wanted abortion abolished, they’d be supporting equal protection bills. They’d be demanding criminal penalties for the murder of preborn children. They wouldn’t be protecting the status quo — they’d be tearing it down.
Abolitionists aren’t in this for money or recognition. We’re in it because God commands us to do justly and to love mercy.
"Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction."
— Proverbs 31:8 (KJV)
We’re not trying to make abortion safer, rarer, or more regulated. We’re trying to end it, completely — under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Will You Stand With Us?
The Connecticut Foundation to Abolish Abortion exists to proclaim the gospel, expose the evils of child sacrifice, and demand justice in our state and beyond. We don’t operate off six-figure salaries or donor campaigns. We operate out of conviction, obedience, and a holy fear of God.
If you’re ready to stop compromising with evil, join us.
Not as a donor.
Not as a fan.
But as an abolitionist.