In a previous blog, I discussed how as a person of faith, my identity as being pro-life stretches beyond the abortion and death penalty debates; instead, there is a need to defend life vis-a-vis access to quality education, employment, healthcare, political expression, and a clean, sustainable environment. I am cognizant of the fact that my definition of what it means to be pro-life does not hold true for many of those who identify themselves as being part of the latter.

Anti-choice activists want us to believe that they're about preserving life, and that they care about babies. The truth is, they don't. "Pro-life" policies kill women. They killed Olga Reyes. And they'll kill tens of thousands of women this year, just like they did the year before and the year before that.