The Alternative to Abortion: Why We Must be Pro Abundant Life

After the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, many pro-life Americans --- especially Christians – began asking, “Now what?” In the more than two years that have passed since that momentous Supreme Court decision, the pro-life movement has provided a variety of answers. But as these (sometimes conflicting) answers have been tested and debated, Americans, when given the option, have chosen more abortions and more pro-choice laws, not fewer.

Against this backdrop, Roland C. Warren, president and CEO of Care Net, one of the nation’s largest and oldest pro-life ministries, lays out his unique vision for the future of the pro-life movement in this groundbreaking book, The Alternative to Abortion: Why We Must be Pro Abundant Life. In it, Warren weaves together his personal story, timeless Biblical truths, American history, and the latest social science to make a clear and compelling case for why being pro-life is no longer enough – and how a new pro abundant life approach is what has been needed all along to truly vanquish abortion.

Warren's journey towards this paradigm shift began during his Princeton University college years when he and his then-girlfriend, now wife of over four decades, faced the daunting decision of abortion or choosing life for their unborn child. They chose life, and that is when Roland’s 40-year journey to this book began. Upon joining Care Net in 2012, Warren challenged conventional pro-life strategies by recognizing the link between abortion rates and the erosion of marriage, father involvement, and discipleship. He realized, with a “download from God,” that the Bible itself held all of the answers on how the pro-life movement must move forward.

That is when the idea of becoming pro abundant life was born. As he read the words of John 10:10, Warren understood that Christians must be pro abundant life because Jesus himself was. And as he began to unpack how this revelation would play out in reality, God began revealing the not-so-secret pro-life strategies nested in some of the most popular Bible stories and verses.

In The Alternative to Abortion, readers will learn how the story of Christ’s birth, the story of the Good Samaritan, and Jesus’ teachings on the Great Commandment and the Great Commission tell us everything we need to know about how to win the fight against abortion. Most importantly, it acts as a clarion call to the Church to rethink how it views abortion – not as a political issue that must be avoided, but as a discipleship issue at the heart of the Church’s very purpose for existence.
The Alternative to Abortion will take readers through a compelling explanation of what it means to be pro abundant life, why it matters, and what it means for the future of pro-life ministry – all the way from the big picture vision down to the everyday tactics that can be employed to save unborn children from abortion, build strong families, and make disciples for Jesus Christ.

Every chapter of the book concludes with practical steps that Christians can take to turn their pro-life passion into pro abundant life action. The book also contains several frameworks and apologetics that pro-life people can use to have productive conversations with their pro-choice friends and family members, moving them closer to embracing a pro abundant life vision.

The Alternative to Abortion stands as the definitive response to the question on the minds of pro-life Americans, "What now?" It promises to revolutionize the course of the pro-life movement, heralding a new era where the fight against abortion is finally won.