A left-leaning woman who showed up at the March for Life and explained why she calls herself a pro-life feminist is more than a curiosity — she is a rebuke to the intolerant orthodoxy on the left that equates feminism with support for abortion on demand. Reporters on the ground have noted that these women are sincere and driven by a consistent ethic of life, not by partisan talking points that collapse every woman’s experience into a single, callous slogan.
The pro-life feminist movement is real and organized, not a media invention; groups like New Wave Feminists and other secular and religious pro-life women have been showing up at both the March for Life and other women’s events to make their case. These activists, including leaders who left the left or who identify across the political spectrum, insist that true feminism defends the vulnerable — born and unborn — rather than celebrating the convenient disposal of children.
March for Life organizers and participants have purposely framed their message around empowering women and protecting life, embracing themes that link women’s rights and prenatal human dignity. That framing matters because it exposes the moral emptiness of the “choice” rhetoric: if feminism is worth anything, it should protect the weakest among us, not cheer for their erasure.
The reaction from the mainstream left has often been defensive and exclusionary, revealing how narrow modern progressive feminism has become when confronted with dissenting women’s voices. Rather than engaging in debate, many on the left have tried to silence or erase pro-life feminists from public feminist spaces, which only proves the point that their version of “women’s empowerment” is really about ideological conformity.
Conservatives should welcome and amplify these women, because their presence undercuts the Democrats’ claim to own women’s issues while exposing the moral bankruptcy of reducing womanhood to reproductive function alone. If we want to win the argument for life, we pair moral clarity with policy proposals that actually help moms — paid leave, childcare support, workplace protections, and real social supports — instead of defaulting to the abortion industry as the only option.
This isn’t a feel-good photo op; it’s a battlefield in the fight for the next generation and for the soul of American feminism. Hardworking Americans who love liberty and life should be proud to stand with women who defy the left’s dogma and insist that protecting the unborn is the truest test of compassion and equality.
