Story highlights Christian and conservative leaders discussed what's next in the Planned Parenthood fight at the two Nashville conferences this week

Conference speakers told attendees that keeping this issue before lawmakers is their Christian duty

Washington (CNN) The release of incendiary videos of Planned Parenthood officials has energized opponents of abortion, and those politically active evangelicals and social conservatives are pushing the issue to the forefront of the 2016 Republican primary race.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told the RedState Gathering on Friday, a conservative convention in Atlanta, that if he is elected president, he will use the federal government to investigate Planned Parenthood.

"Not only am I going to send the Department of Justice and the IRS, I will send (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the (Environmental Protection Agency) and every federal agency I can think of to go after Planned Parenthood," he said.

Earlier this week , ahead of two giant confabs of evangelicals in Nashville, Joe Carter, an editor of The Gospel Coalition, wrote that the next election could have a shaping impact on the future of abortion in America.

"If there is a pro-abortion president in the White House and 60 pro-abortion lawmakers in the Senate, then they will block the appointment of any justices who might vote against pro-abortion laws," he wrote. "The result is that a pro-life loss in the next election may mean the opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade will be lost for another two generations."

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