No Kings #3
This set of over 3,000 rallies on March 28, 2026 was estimated at over 8 million people. These events are especially known for attenders’ creativity with home-made signs. The photos below were taken in Maine by Julia Smucker.
There was much more anti-war sentiment this time. This is easily explained by the outrages happening in Iran.
Media coverage of the signs was extensive. While there were undoubtedly some signs promoting abortion and its euphemisms, they weren’t prominent. Unfortunately, neither were signs that were pro-life on abortion, but we did cover the problem with Trump from that point of view in our blog: Trump Sabotaging the Pro-Life Movement.
Good News on Pregnant Immigrants
Rehumanize International offers an update to those of us who signed their Open Letter to the Trump Administration asking the administration to reinstate the policy to keep pregnant women out of immigration detention:
The New York Times picked up the story and highlighted the letter.
The Times got a statement from Lauren Bis, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman. She confirmed the Biden-era policy that kept pregnant women out of detention except in extreme circumstances “still stands.”
Earlier in the year, the DHS website reported that policy as “archived.” So this looks like it may be a reversal and the advocacy of pro-lifers may have helped. We at least have the improvement that they’re saying this is the policy rather than not saying so, which would be worse. We hope to see that this actually applies on the ground.
The New York Times Opposes the Death Penalty
The Times ran an excellent editorial against the death penalty on March 13, 2026.
Letters to the editor in response, published March 29, included a point that connects all our issues: the trauma to those who commit the violence. One professional who interacted with those who must carry out executions said: “In addition to ensuring that genuine justice is done for offenders, these steps would benefit the prison staff members who are assigned to killing them . . . Eliminating the horrors of the death penalty would help to heal the moral injury of those we expect to administer the lethal injection, shoot the rifle in a firing squad or in any way carry out the killing.”
Note: this paper is running an opinion-writing contest for 13-19 year old students. The deadline is April 8. It would be grand to have consistent-life entries!
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Members of our Board got to talking about what it is that makes the consistent life ethic a good approach when so many other groups might prefer to take a “single issue” approach. We came up with The Strategic Value of the Consistent Life Ethic, with contributions from Richard Stith, Rachel MacNair, and Bill Samuel.
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Quote of the Week
Dennis Knapp
The Latin Right, January 27, 2026
The pro-life movement correctly says human rights come from inherent dignity, not from the state. Yet when discussing immigration, some pro-lifers treat “the law” as the measure of morality, as if legal status determines how we should treat vulnerable people . . .
The problem emerges when “illegal” becomes a category that justifies indifference to suffering, or when enforcement is pursued through means that violate human dignity. The inconsistency appears when pro-lifers who rightly insist that unjust laws don’t bind conscience suddenly treat immigration law as absolute moral authority, or when dehumanizing rhetoric replaces principled discussion of legitimate enforcement.