By Pastor John Ensor for THE HILL
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) is running a massive taxpayer-funded public relations campaign to warn citizens about the dangers of pregnancy help clinics. Healy is claiming that this is necessary because people who run these clinics have “a pro-life and religious bias.”
There are some flaws to this thinking. For one thing, approximately half the country has a pro-life bias. And a 2023 Gallup poll says that 82 percent of Americans identify as religious or spiritual.
And when it comes to helping young women facing unexpected pregnancies, politicians should avoid getting themselves on the wrong side of yet another 80/20 issue. Pregnancy help clinics are good for America, especially for politicians committed to defending legal abortion.
It is true — there is a clear and present pro-life and religious bias at work in the nearly 3,000 pregnancy help services operating across the U.S.. This same bias prompted the Rev. John Barlett (1784–1849) to found Mass General Hospital, one of the oldest hospitals in America today. He was a pro-life Christian who wanted to save lives in the name of Jesus. Was he dangerous?
