Current Theme | January 2026
Abolishing Abortion, Advocating for Life
The Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, but what now? The fight to protect and advocate for the lives of unborn children has changed dramatically, shifting from a more national focus to a greater focus on individual states. But what strategy is best? Should we work to end abortion incrementally, saving as many lives as we can? Or should we push to abolish abortion outright, thus bringing this national scourge to an end? Those questions bear careful attention, as do the contributing factors that continue to fuel abortion. This month, we will address many of these issues, as we seek abortion’s abolition and advocate for the life of the unborn.
Concise
Abortion in America After the Fall of Roe: Important Advances and Remaining Challenges
By David Closson • Concise Article • January 1
Reading Time: 11 minutes
What is the state of Abortion in the United States after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022?
Concise
December Intermission: From Enjoying Christmas to Ending Abortion
By David Schrock • Concise Article • January 1
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Join us as we transition from December's Christmas Buffet, where we celebrated the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ as a baby, to the month of January, where we consider how best to save babies in their mothers' womb.
Longform
A Case for Abortion Incrementalism
By David Closson • Longform Essay • January 5
Reading Time: 11 minutes
Virtually all concrete and measurable gains against the abortion industry since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 have been through incremental strategies, while abolitionism has yet to result in the passage of a single law.
Podcast
5.01 David Closson • Reading • “A Case for Abortion Incrementalism”
By David Closson • Reading • January 5th, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute
Virtually all concrete and measurable gains against the abortion industry since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 have been through incremental strategies, while abolitionism has yet to result in the passage of a single law.
Concise
“Thou Shalt Not Murder”: Abortion and the Civil Use of God’s Moral Law
By David Mitzenmcher • Concise Article • January 7
Reading Time: 11 minutes
Abortion violates the sixth commandment and demands civil justice, and the church must recover this aspect of God’s moral law in public life.
Concise
Fewer Babies, Later Babies, Lost Babies: The Shrinking American Family
By Joshua D. Holler • Concise Article • January 9
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Whatever happened to the American family? As families keep getting smaller—and rarer—society is increasingly structured against big families. What are Christians to do?
Concise
The Death Penalty Is Pro-Life: Three Responses to Pope Leo XIV’s Unbiblical View
By Scarlett Clay • Concise Article • January 12
Reading Time: 8 minutes
Do pro-lifers need to oppose the death penalty? Pope Leo XIV thinks so. God's Word says otherwise.
Podcast
5.02 David Closson, David Schrock & Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Case for Abortion Incrementalism”
By David Closson, David Schrock, & Stephen Wellum • Interview • January 12th, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute
Listen in as David Schrock & Stephen Wellum interview David Closson on his COA Longform Essay "A Case for Abortion Incrementalism"
Concise
Abortion in Canada: Confronting the Darkness
By Jay Postnikoff • Concise Article • January 16
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Canada hasn't had a single law preventing abortion in almost forty years. But hope is not lost.
Longform
A Case for Abolitionism: The Only Way to End Abortion in America
By Ben Zeisloft • Longform Essay • January 19
Reading Time: 11 minutes
Many pro-life organizations are failing in their mission to save babies. But why? Ben Zeisloft sees not only a problem with the execution of pro-life bills and strategies, but understands them to be anemic half measures. Read on as Ben presents a case for abortion abolitionism as the answer to our nation's abortion epidemic.
Podcast
5.03 Ben Zeisloft • Reading • “A Case for Abolitionism: The Only Way to End Abortion in America”
By Ben Zeisloft • Reading • January 19th, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute
Many pro-life organizations are failing in their mission to save babies. But why? Ben Zeisloft sees not only a problem with the execution of pro-life bills and strategies, but understands them to be anemic half measures. Read on as Ben presents a case for abortion abolitionism as the answer to our nation’s abortion epidemic.
Concise
Eugenics Reborn: How Prenatal Testing Targets Children With Down Syndrome (Part 1)
By Garrhett Hurst • Concise Article • January 21
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Prenatal genetic screening is a form of modern eugenics that has given birth to a type of genocide for those with unfavorable genes.
Concise
Is Every Woman Who Pursues Abortion a Victim? The Feminist Capture of the Pro-Life Movement
By Ginna Cross • Concise Article • January 22
Reading Time: 8 minutes
The greatest threat to the fight to end abortion isn’t external hostility, political opposition, or legal setbacks. It is internal compromise. Over the past several decades, a feminist framework: one that redefines freedom, elevates victimhood, and rejects moral accountability, has steadily embedded itself into the language and logic of pro-life advocacy.
Concise
Eugenics Reborn: How Prenatal Testing Targets Children With Down Syndrome (Part Two)
By Garrhett Hurst • Concise Article • January 23
Reading Time: 8 minutes
Prenatal screening often results in murder—but it can also save lives. Should Christians parents even get it? And what is the church's prophetic call in an age of eugenics?
Concise
Equal Protection or Bust: Why Abolitionists Have the Only Answer to the Abortion Pill Crisis
By Dusty Deevers • Concise Article • January 26
Reading Time: 13 minutes
What is more sterilizing and depersonalizing than a simple pill? Sadly, in a post-Dobbs world, the abortion pill as been used to perpetuate the slaughter of children in states that have supposedly strict restrictions on the practice. Read as Senator Dusty Deevers explains how the Pro-life movement has been unable to answer the question of "abortion pills."
Podcast
5.04 Dusty Deevers • Reading • “Equal Protection or Bust: Why Abolitionists Have the Only Answer to the Abortion Pill Crisis”
By Dusty Deevers • Reading • January 26th, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute
What is more sterilizing and depersonalizing than a simple pill? Sadly, in a post-Dobbs world, the abortion pill as been used to perpetuate the slaughter of children in states that have supposedly strict restrictions on the practice. Read as Senator Dusty Deevers explains how the Pro-life movement has been unable to answer the question of “abortion pills.”
Concise
The 2026 Virginia Abortion Amendment
By Bruce Schlesman • Concise Article • January 28
Reading Time: 5 minutes
Virginia is about to enshrine a constitutional right to abortion into law. Most Virginians don't even know it's happening. We must take a stand.
Podcast
5.05 Steve Deace, David Schrock & Stephen Wellum • Interview • “What’s Best Next: Abortion, Abolitionism, and Strategizing Ways to Save Lives and Change Laws”
By Steve Deace • Interview • January 28th, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute
Listen in to a special interview as COA's David Schrock and Stephen Wellum are joined by Steve Deace to talk about the best way to strategize and save lives, including a breakdown of the state of the Pro-Life and Abolitionist movements.
Podcast
5.06 Ginna Cross, David Schrock & Stephen Wellum • Interview • “Is Every Woman Who Pursues Abortion a Victim?: The Feminist Capture of the Pro-Life Movement”
By Ginna Cross • Interview • January 30th, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Ginna Cross on her COA Article "Is Every Woman Who Pursues Abortion a Victim?: The Feminist Capture of the Pro-Life Movement"
Concise
Unsafe and Ineffective: Reconsidering the Safety of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone
By Jeff Beaupre • Concise Article • January 31
Reading Time: 12 minutes
Abortion pills don't just kill children. They kill women too.
Longform
Incrementalists and Abolitionists Together?
By Ryan Helfenbein • Longform Essay • February 2
Reading Time: 15 minutes
We want to abolish abortion. And we can do that better when we are united in making incremental political victories.
Podcast
5.07 Ryan Helfenbein • Reading • “Incrementalists and Abolitionists Together?”
By Ryan Helfenbein • Reading • February 3rd, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute
We want to abolish abortion. And we can do that better when we are united in making incremental political victories.
Concise
Intermission: From Abolishing Abortion to Contemplating God
By David Schrock • Concise Article • February 5
Reading Time: 11 minutes
Join us as we transition from abolishing abortion in January to contemplating the character and attributes of God in February.
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