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Among the various pro-life bills introduced at the state level, Oklahoma\u2019s recent plan<\/a> to start teaching fetal development in public schools deserves far more attention than it\u2019s gotten so far.<\/p>\n

Banning certain abortion procedures, regulating abortionists, defunding Planned Parenthood, etc., are all important for their own sake; but each of them, and\u00a0the long-term goal of ending abortion for good, are ultimately too dependent on public opinion changing on its own.<\/p>\n

Although America is opposed to abortion on balance<\/a> (meaning pro-life politicians needn\u2019t fear being more pro-active about it), self-identification as \u201cpro-life\u201d and \u201cpro-choice\u201d still fluctuates back and forth too often<\/a>, without signs of a lasting, long-term spike on the horizon.<\/p>\n

We cannot simply wait for the public to decide on its own to end abortion. Education and outreach efforts from pro-life activists are valuable, but can only go so far. The key is to reach the assumptions of people, particularly future generations, who don\u2019t already agree with, aren\u2019t on course to cross paths with us on their own, and aren\u2019t interested enough in abortion to proactively research it for themselves.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma has the key. Their education bill<\/a> is a model for what should be one of the top state-level legislative priorities of every pro-life organization in the country.<\/p>\n

Think about it: simply requiring public schools to clearly educate students on clear<\/a>, objective<\/a>, undeniable<\/a> facts of human biology, which are a bedrock part of one of the core subjects, should be one of the easiest sells in the world for any halfway-competent politician. Religious indoctrination? No, this is basic science. What about rape cases or Planned Parenthood? We\u2019re just talking embryology here. Heck, it would provide a golden opportunity go on the offense against the embryology deniers<\/a> for a change.<\/p>\n

In return, we would get a populace vastly<\/em> more receptive to every other pro-life bill and argument\u2014and unlikely to simply flip-flop by the next poll. People would know they were hearing a lie as soon as somebody said \u201cclump of cells.\u201d They would have a concrete grasp of what abortion destroys that they would take into every conversation, giving added weight to abortion restrictions and undermining smears that pro-lifers are simply out to control women.<\/p>\n

It would not end the debate or do the rest of our work for us, of course. But it would give us a dramatic, lasting change. We know how effective<\/a> ultrasounds are at changing people\u2019s minds simply by showing them the truth, so let\u2019s apply that principle wider.<\/p>\n

Pro-lifers have done a lot of great work to save lives<\/a>, but are constantly looking for new strategies to break what too often feels like a deadlock. Until Roe v. Wade<\/em> is broken<\/a> and we can directly ban it (a timetable that the next president\u2019s judicial nominees will dramatically change, for better or worse<\/em>), Oklahoma has shown us the best strategy by far.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s often said that abortion will not end until hearts and minds change. If we\u2019re serious about changing minds, this is where we start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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