Democracy Dies in Darkness

Does opposing abortion mean you should boycott Starbucks? Some advocates say yes.

January 23, 2020 at 11:05 a.m. EST
The Rev. Bjorn Lundberg leads parishioners from Winchester, Va., to the March for Life every year. (Courtesy of Lundberg)

The Rev. Bjorn Lundberg will escort busloads of his parishioners to Washington on Friday for this year’s March for Life. They won’t be stopping at Starbucks on the way.

The coffee giant is not aligned with their cause, Lundberg says. As a Catholic priest who leads a 9,500-member parish in Winchester, Va., he stopped patronizing Starbucks when he learned the chain matches its employees’ charitable donations, including to Planned Parenthood and other nonprofit groups that support abortion access.