In the fifty years since Roe v. Wade, political moments (and politicians) have come and gone, but the pro-life movement endures because it is a human rights movement.

Our strategy paid off. We organized. We went door to door. We voted by the millions, electing a president and Senate who transformed the Supreme Court. The Dobbs victory was a breakthrough, restoring to the people and elected lawmakers the power and responsibility they had long been denied. Now, twenty-four states protect unborn children, affecting nearly 200,000 abortions.

In our own ranks, some would retreat to individual states. But human rights are never a question of geography. At least 750,000 babies remain unprotected. Our work continues to save them and serve their mothers.

Dobbs clearly empowers both states and Congress to act. The Fourteenth Amendment empowers Congress to pass legislation that ensures the equal protection of the laws. A consensus exists among voters for a federal minimum standard to protect babies in the womb once they can feel pain, while allowing states to be more protective.