Widening the ‘Pro-Life’ Frame

When hundreds of Catholic bishops met last month in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from parents at the border loomed large over the proceedings. The Catholic hierarchy has consistently denounced Donald Trump's nativist policies, and the president of the conference, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, specifically framed immigration as a “pro-life” issue.