At a recent Turning Point USA event at Indiana University, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson delivered a fiery defense of life and a strong critique of what he called the “ritual” of abortion. Speaking to a student audience, Carlson rejected the claim that Christianity has no place in public life and warned that modern society has “turned away from the moral foundation that once upheld the dignity of every human life.”
According to LifeSiteNews, Carlson responded to a student who accused Christians of “imposing their values” by stating clearly: “It’s not actually a secular country.” He reminded the crowd that the phrase “separation of church and state” does not appear in the U.S. Constitution, emphasizing that Christian moral principles shaped the laws and liberties of the nation.
During the exchange, Carlson directly condemned abortion as the deliberate destruction of innocent life. “Abortion is murder, obviously, and everyone knows that,” he said, to applause from the audience. He argued that abortion reflects a deeper spiritual sickness: “People are so into it because it’s the same ritual that every civilization … has engaged in, which is human sacrifice,” Carlson continued, according to the report.
When a student objected that abortion “isn’t ritualistic,” Carlson countered by pointing to the Planned Parenthood mobile abortion clinic set up near the 2024 Democratic National Convention, calling it a chilling symbol of public celebration over death.
Carlson went on to connect the “bodily autonomy” argument often used by abortion advocates with what he described as widespread hypocrisy during COVID-19 vaccine mandates. As LifeSiteNews recounted, he said his views shifted after witnessing how society forced compliance on those same bodily rights during the pandemic.
More deeply, Carlson reflected on what he sees as the dark spiritual dimension behind abortion and other forms of violence: “Abortion is about the thrill that people derive from killing,” he said. “Killing makes people feel powerful. Killing your own child makes you feel (power). And that’s the most evil thing there is.”
Carlson also noted that even wars reveal humanity’s dangerous attraction to power over life and death: “I’ve seen it when people plan wars,” he said, describing the “high” people experience from “extinguishing life” and likening it to the same impulse behind abortion.
Finally, Carlson defended the presence of Christian ethics in law and society, reminding listeners that it was precisely Christian conviction that led to the abolition of slavery in England. He argued that without faith, justice itself loses its grounding.
His comments, while controversial in academic settings, echo a truth long held by the Catholic Church: that life is sacred from conception to natural death, and that nations are judged by how they protect the weakest among them.
As Catholics continue to defend the sanctity of life in a culture increasingly hostile to faith, Carlson’s remarks serve as a reminder of what the Catechism calls “the inestimable value of every human person, created in the image and likeness of God.”
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