Media outrage ignores the government’s duty to protect pregnant minors — and the unborn children they carry.
During the past year, some in the pro‑life community have voiced frustration that President Trump has not gone far enough to protect the unborn, questioning his support for fertility treatments or his willingness to let states determine their own abortion laws. But despite these disagreements, the pro-life community has to acknowledge that the Trump administration deserves recognition for the pro-life progress it has made. From appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade to restoring long‑standing federal limits on taxpayer‑funded abortion, the administration has consistently acted on the principle that every human life has inherent dignity.
It is against this backdrop of historic presidential pro‑life achievements that the administration’s more recent decision to house all unaccompanied migrant pregnant minors in a single shelter in San Benito, Texas, a facility located in a state whose laws protect unborn children through restrictive abortion laws.