Something important happened in the latest online debate that every patriot should notice: conservative voices like Allie Beth Stuckey and Brandon Tatum are refusing to let the left’s talking points stand unchallenged. Tatum’s reaction video—where he breaks down why abortion arguments collapse when you look at intent, responsibility, and Scripture—struck a nerve because it cuts through the feel-good slogans and forces hard questions. Allie Beth Stuckey is not a random commentator; she’s a prominent conservative voice who brings theology and constitutional fidelity into the conversation about life.
Make no mistake: Stuckey has been blunt about how her faith and reading of Scripture inform her views on punishment and justice, even arguing publicly that the biblical case for capital punishment is coherent with a pro-life ethic. That is why she draws fire from the left — because she refuses to split moral language from moral consequences. Conservatives should stop pretending gentle platitudes will win this fight; moral clarity, grounded in Scripture, is what has always moved hearts and minds.
At the same time, anyone who cares about the unborn must be wary of extremists who would criminalize and punish women rather than build a culture of support and rescue. The Washington Post and other outlets have documented a fringe abolitionist movement that wants to rewrite personhood laws in ways that could lead to criminal charges for pregnant women. That is a dangerous legal thicket and a political loser for anyone who truly wants to protect life while preserving justice.
This is where conservatives need to be both fierce and smart: condemn the killing of the unborn without becoming the architects of policies that would punish desperate women instead of offering them a lifeline. Even some state lawmakers have pushed back against death-penalty-style proposals for pregnant women, showing there is a sensible, morally serious center on this issue that rejects both the left’s permissiveness and the abolitionist fringe’s extremism. We ought to rally around solutions that save lives and restore dignity.
Brandon Tatum’s approach on his channel was exactly what the movement needs — unapologetic defense of the unborn paired with a clear-eyed look at consequences and compassion for women in crisis. That is conservative leadership: stand for truth, but also build institutions and charities that actually help mothers and babies. The best response to the culture of death is the culture of life — tangible support, adoption options, parental help, and prayer.
The media will howl and the left will smear anyone who refuses to reduce this debate to slogans, but hardworking Americans understand the instinct to protect the vulnerable. If we want to win back a majority of hearts and minds, we must show mercy where mercy is due and muster the courage to name the moral reality of abortion without equivocation. That balance — conviction and compassion — is the conservative playbook for saving lives and renewing our country.
Now is the time for patriots to act: support crisis-pregnancy centers, donate to organizations that deliver real help to mothers and babies, and amplify voices who refuse to sell out the unborn for political comfort. We must be loud, generous, and unashamed about defending life, all while rejecting policies that punish rather than heal. America deserves leaders who will fight for both truth and mercy, and that is exactly the fight real conservatives should be proud to wage.