“We are so far from ‘done’ and it is either terribly naive, or terribly negligent for leaders in the pro-life movement to be taking that stance,” Bettina diFiore said in a follow-up email after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was released.

She was responding to a question from the Times & Free Press about pro-life leaders celebrating the Dobbs decision as the end game of a long battle to restore protections for the unborn.

Abortion will continue in states that allow it and women in states with outright bans may still have access via abortion pills distributed through the mail, legally or illegally, she said.

“The only way to elicit these changes is to make abortion unthinkable, coast to coast. That requires a massive cultural shift.

“We have to educate the other side, and we have to get better at reaching them,” she said. “We have to go to their events, reply to their social media posts, make persuasive pro-life content readily available on their platforms.

“In tandem with that, we have to make our nation more family-friendly, and one critical way of doing that is by supporting mothers in difficult pregnancies and beyond.

“Each woman will have unique needs, but we need to be prepared to meet them, whatever they may be – whether the need is for housing assistance, medical care, food and supplies, legal help (especially in cases of rape or domestic violence), spiritual support/community, professional counseling, mentoring, transportation, child care, or what have you.

“Speaking from a personal perspective, I could have benefitted from practically all of the above, and if I had received even half of what I needed, I would have kept my babies.”