Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of

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For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Earlier this week the Republican National Committee announced that its 2024 platform position

on abortion would now mirror that of former President Trump's presidential campaign.

That means the party now opposes a federal ban on abortion and supports access to the abortion drug Mifapristone and unregulated IVF services.

Many pro-lifers are concerned and they should be.

Like other things that we've seen over the last couple years, I think this is a you are here moment for the pro-life movement.

And here to talk about this is the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Ryan Anderson.

In the past weeks, there have been children who celebrated their second birthdays, precisely

because of the Dobbs decision.

Overturning Roe v. Wade has allowed those children to be born, now to celebrate birthdays to walk to

talk to giggle. No one in the pro-life movement should look at the Dobbs decision

as anything but a huge success. But the pro-life struggle isn't over. It took us 50 years to

overturn Roe and for all we know in God's timing it may take 50 years for us to

enact pro-life laws in all 50 states and at the federal level.

But that's going to require political leadership.

What we've seen in the past several days

from senators auditioning to be the vice presidential nominee

and from the presumed Republican presidential nominee has been dispiriting to say the least.

Courage has two opposing vices. Rashness on the one hand and cowardice on the other.

Yes, there are some in the pro-life movement who have exhibited

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