My thoughts after watching the Trent Horn‘s video on abolitionist rising

I agree that Christians should morally oppose this organization because of its anti-Catholic character. My primary concern, however, is that there is an obvious bias toward American liberal democratic assumptions regarding law, legitimacy, and political authority. If popular sovereignty is treated as the ultimate standard of political legitimacy, then laws punishing women for abortion become politically imprudent and nearly impossible to advocate for, regardless of one’s moral convictions. Such legislation only becomes conceivable if one is willing to move beyond purely majoritarian assumptions and consider questions of authority, leadership, and the proper ordering of society.

More fundamentally, any successful abolitionist movement would eventually have to confront the assumptions embedded within American constitutionalism itself, particularly modern understandings of religious liberty, political neutrality, and the source of governmental authority. As long as those assumptions remain unquestioned, the movement will remain constrained by the very framework that limits its objectives.

For that reason, I believe the movement remains fundamentally Protestant in its political assumptions and therefore faces inherent limitations. It will not ultimately achieve its highest aims. What follows it, if abolitionism is to advance further, will need to offer not merely new policies but a deeper critique of the existing political order and a willingness to accept the consequences that come with seeking fundamental change.