Today Politico reported that Kellyanne Conway wants Republican candidates to promote contraception as part of their messaging on abortion in 2024. Conway along with lobbyist Susan Hirschmann and Heather Higgins, CEO of Independent Women’s Voice, are meeting today with Republican staff members on Capitol Hill and on campaigns. They have polling data that purportedly shows strong public support for government programs that would make contraception less expensive and more available. This might make for good politics. However, the aggressive promotion of contraception remains a very unwise policy choice for pro-lifers seeking to build a culture of life.

Indeed, contraception is already widely available in this country. Multiple CDC surveys have shown that very high percentages of sexually active women have used contraception at some point. More importantly, separate Guttmacherand CDC studies have found that a small percentage of females who forgo........

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