Why Jamie Mosser is Silent

career politician who wants a seat on the bench remains silent on abortion

In politics, silence is often presented as neutrality. In reality, silence is almost always a calculation.

When it comes to abortion, the deliberate ending of innocent human life, voters deserve clarity, not carefully managed ambiguity. Yet career politicians routinely refuse to state where they stand. Jamie Mosser, Kane County’s State’s Attorney and now a judicial aspirant, is one such example of a public official who has avoided declaring a position on one of the most consequential moral issues of our time.   This silence is not accidental. It is strategic

Career Preservation Over Moral Courage

Abortion is not complicated at its core. It is a question of whether the law should protect the most vulnerable human being, the unborn, or permit their destruction. Politicians who avoid taking a stance are not confused about this reality; they are cautious about the political cost of acknowledging it.

For career politicians like Mosser, taking a clear pro-life position would invite scrutiny, backlash, and accountability. It would force answers to uncomfortable questions, especially because she's a Democrat.   But don't judges make tough choices?  As she vies for a seat on the bench, shouldn't she be clear?

• Do unborn children deserve legal protection?
• Does she support laws that limit or end abortion?
• Will she her authority and knowledge of the law to defend life, even if it costs her politically? 
• Her actions have eternal repercussions, and her silence is deafening. 

Silence allows her to avoid these questions while continuing to benefit from public trust and taxpayer-funded positions.

Ambiguity as a Political Weapon

By refusing to declare a stance, politicians can quietly appeal to both sides:

• Pro-life voters may assume shared values.
• Pro-choice activists are reassured by the absence of opposition.
• Media scrutiny is minimized.
• Donor pipelines remain open.

This deliberate ambiguity is not leadership; it is evasion. And on abortion, evasion has consequences measured in human lives.

The Illinois Excuse

In Illinois, where abortion is legal and heavily protected, many officials hide behind state law as justification for silence. They argue that abortion is “settled,” “not within their role,” or “not something they plan to address.”

But pro-life voters understand the truth: legality does not equal morality. Slavery was once legal. Segregation was once legal. History judges those who remained silent far more harshly than those who spoke at personal cost.

For a prosecutor or judge, silence is especially troubling. These roles exist to interpret and enforce the law, but also to embody justice. When justice for the unborn is deemed too politically risky to discuss, the moral compass of the institution itself is called into question.

What Silence Really Signals

When a career politician refuses to state a position on abortion, they are telling voters exactly where they stand, just not in words.

They are saying:

• Power matters more than principle.
• Longevity matters more than truth.
• Moral clarity is expendable if it threatens a career.

From a pro-life perspective, this is unacceptable. Leadership requires courage, especially when the issue is unpopular or controversial. Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality, it is complicity.

Voters Deserve the Truth

Pro-life voters are no longer satisfied with vague platitudes or studied silence. They want to know whether the people entrusted with authority believe unborn children have the right to live.

If Jamie Mosser, or any career politician, believes abortion is wrong, they should say so plainly. If they believe it is acceptable, they should have the courage to admit it.   But the middle of the road silence is a shout to the world that screams "I'm your career politician."

Because when it comes to abortion, refusing to choose is still a choice, and it is one that favors political comfort over human life.

Eric Stare - Former Marine