The US election has turned out to be not quite as close-run as the pundits and the pollsters predicted. The results are in, and they are decisive. In January Donald Trump will return to the White House as the next president; JD Vance, a Catholic convert, will be his vice president.

This is a momentous result, not least for Catholics and indeed for all who hold dear the protection of life in the womb. Kamala Harris’s only clear policy – there really were not many – was that she was pro-abortion in all circumstances, although this was usually expressed euphemistically in terms of her support for “women’s health” and “women’s reproductive rights”.