Shane Claiborne: How Respect for Every Life Can Unite a Divided Church

For decades, “pro-life” has been political shorthand for one thing: opposing abortion. Shane Claiborne thinks it’s time to take the label back — and widen it.“I love that language,” the author and activist said. “But I began to see the limitations that we put on that, such as how narrowly we define pro-life to one issue on abortion.”Claiborne has spent decades at the intersection of faith and activism, challenging Christians to take Jesus’ teachings seriously on issues like poverty, war, the dea