What Are the ‘Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden’ Thinking Now?

It is one thing to vote Democrat because you believe a woman has a right to an abortion, because you are a Left-leaning progressive, or because you support the Green New Deal. It is another to vote Democrat because you are pro-life. That is a fundamental contradiction in terms. All the more is this the case when you fashion yourself to be a “pro-life evangelical for Biden.” Seriously?

This was an oxymoron right from the beginning when these evangelical leaders announced their support of candidate Biden in 2020. It has become a terrible embarrassment ever since, as Biden has become one of the most aggressively pro-abortion presidents in our nation’s history.

The only surprise was when these leaders, some of whom are highly respected as pastors, authors and professors, expressed their surprise and disappointment when President Biden began to do exactly what he said he would do as a candidate, namely, everything he could to support and uphold abortion.

That’s why, in September 2021, I asked these leaders, “At the risk of pummeling an already, very dead horse, allow me to ask you once again: so, how is your pro-life vote for Joe Biden looking right now?”

I continued, “During the elections, I strongly challenged your rationale in casting a ‘pro-life’ vote for a strongly, pro-abortion candidate. And I was incredulous when you expressed shock and disappointment when President Biden lived up to his promises and strongly reiterated his pro-abortion sentiments, asking this on February 1, 2021: ‘Did you not see the radical, destructive, anti-Christian policy decisions he would make?’”

How could anyone not see what Biden, if elected, would do? He even promised that, if Roe was overturned, he would do his best to make Roe federal law. To this moment, he still wants that to happen.

That’s why I wrote in March 2021, “To be totally candid, it was hard for me to believe the headline was real. ‘Pro-life Evangelicals for Biden: “We feel used and betrayed.”’

Seriously? They ‘feel used and betrayed’ because the pro-abortion president they helped put in office did exactly what he said he would do? They ‘feel used and betrayed’ because he carried out his campaign promises? They ‘feel used and betrayed’ because he stayed true to the Democratic platform?

I could understand feeling embarrassed and ashamed and humiliated at their extreme naivety. But ‘used and betrayed’?”

I wonder how these leaders are feeling in the aftermath of the Court’s overturning of Roe, as President Biden has declared war on the pro-life movement and made clear that he will do whatever he can to give women across America access to abortion.

These evangelical Democrats said former President Trump demonstrated unchristian behavior, yet he proved to be a pro-life president of historical merit, appointing the three justices who made the overturning of Roe a reality and the only sitting president to speak at the annual March for Life.

In massive, extremely stark contrast, on July 8, the official White House website announced that, “President Biden has made clear that the only way to secure a woman’s right to choose is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe as federal law. Until then, he has committed to doing everything in his power to defend reproductive rights and protect access to safe and legal abortion.”

How does that comport with being a pro-life evangelical for Biden?

The statement continued, “Today, President Biden will sign an Executive Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services. This Executive Order builds on the actions his Administration has already taken to defend reproductive rights by: