Speak Out for the Unborn: Little Things You Do Really Matter

I heard Bryan Kemper speak at the Right to Life Conference in Portland, Oregon about a week ago. What impacted me most was a main theme of his talk: Pro-life is a verb, not a noun. Pro-life is something we do and live, not some sort of political affiliation we identify with.  Too many people see "pro-life" as a position or stance and not a reason to take action.

The media champions "women's health" and "social justice" as being related to abortion, yet they are not. Nothing is more oppressive to women and more unjust to society than abortion. Lately, our government and many celebrities have been promoting ideas that make absolutely no sense- like how being a mother-to-be is an illness and that this is unjust to society.

I'm the sort of person who did not benefit socially from taking a public pro-life position. I spent the first forty years of my life as a liberal who was secretly pro-life. It just isn't "cool" to be a pro-life liberal. You're at least supposed to say it's not okay for you but it's alright for others to decide for themselves. Taking a stand that taking human life is wrong for anyone, regardless of the situation will result in losing friendships. When I "came out" as pro-life, I became anathema to many old friends. I also found out who my real friends are. My real friends still like and accept me. I still like and respect them, even if I don't agree with them about abortion. But, I can not bend or yield in any way on the subject because abortion is always wrong.

So, when I became active and vocal about pro-life, it has definitely always been a verb. Pro-life is something I live and express and believe in so strongly that it is impossible for me not to act.

I wasn't able to stand up for what I know is right until I came to terms within my soul that I want to live my life in a way that God wants and not necessarily a way that other people want. Since then, I've been around pro-life people a lot. I don't like them all and I'm not friends with them all. Opinions and political positions should not dictate friendships. 

One third of the Democratic party is pro-life, even though "pro-choice" is now an official "plank" in the Democratic political platform. Many pro-life democrats are like I was, afraid to let it be known that they believe the taking of innocent human life is wrong. 

Yet, some people who identify with conservative politics believe that pro-life is something they just "are," regardless of what they do. I came to understand this more at the Right to Life Conference. Many people do not feel compelled to act because pro-life is a noun or an adjective to them. Even though pro-life is a part of the Republican platform, that doesn't mean everyone is doing something about it.

If everyone on both sides of our political world could speak out, Roe v Wade really wouldn't have a prayer. Our nation is already pro-life by a slim majority. The millennial generation is overwhelmingly pro-life. The problem is that nobody is saying anything and nobody is doing anything.

If you are reading this, you can make a difference just by doing little things. Really. You don't have to make pro-life advocacy a primary part of your working life. Just speak up for the unborn once in a while. If you are liberal and pro-life, consider "coming out of the closet." If you're conservative and pro-life, consider redefining pro-life as something you do and not something you are.

In one of our afternoon sessions, Gayle Atteberry, President of Oregon Right to Life, presented a list of small things people can do in thirty minutes or less that can make a difference to the pro-life movement. I'll be posting some of those ideas soon.

The Abortion Industry- Bury Them

I write to you this morning with a fire in my heart. The abortion industry is in some pretty deep trouble right now and we need to make it deeper. Grab your shovels!

Who will deny that what Gosnell has done is pure evil? Planned Parenthood won't deny it. President Obama won't deny it. So, what ARE they denying? They are denying that they are doing evil as well. Oh, the reasons why they are not doing evil are numerous- They say things about Gosnell being "a criminal enterprise, not a health facility."

Who thinks it is okay to kill babies born alive? Here's a short list- 
(1) Gosnell,
(2) Our President Obama,
(3) Planned Parenthood and
(4) Every person who does not do anything about it.

Who is especially culpable? Those who say they are against abortion but can't make that choice for anyone else. To be passive on this issue is to be complicit. If every person who was on the fence spoke up for what is right, we would easily overturn Roe v Wade. Already, by a slim majority, Americans are pro-life. All it would take to overturn Roe v Wade is for people who don't want to make waves to start making them.

If it is not the truth that organizations such as Planned Parenthood aren't guilty of the same thing Gosnell is, then why has it taken so long for this trial to be covered? Why is it still not receiving the coverage it deserves?

I can hardly fathom it all. Babies absolutely brutally murdered. No coverage.

The only reason for the media NOT to cover it is that the truth is a threat. Yes, most abortion facilities are clean and hygenic in comparison to Gosnell's. But, see my last post to see the truth that babies being alive ARE being killed at abortion clinics everywhere and that this is okay with our president. That's why we keep trying to defend, "Born Alive Protection Acts" that are continually militantly opposed.

I shouldn't even have to say that- born alive- as if it makes a difference. The only difference about it is that it is "shocking," and the reason it is shocking is that our eyes can see it.

A woman's body is a cover that prevents us from seeing what is going on inside. When what the doctor does is out in the open, on the table, it is not okay- it is horrible and brutal. But, when his hands are in her body and we cannot see what they are doing, it is perfectly okay. Same baby, same point in time in pregnancy, one baby is in and one baby is out.

The abortion industry is burying baby after baby. The abortion industry is burying anyone who would speak out for these babies. They are burying the news and they are burying us.

Fight back.

The Abortion Industry- Bury Them. Bury them with FB posts, with tweets. Today is the second round of the #Gosnell tweetfest, so if you tweet, tweet your heart out. Post any article you can find on the case on Facebook or anywhere else you go.

"Roe" of Roe v Wade AND "Doe" of Doe v Bolton- Both Pro-life Activists Now

Well, the memorial of Roe v Wade has passed and I have taken some time to collect and integrate my thoughts after hearing so many more talks and reading so many more articles than usual.

One of the articles that impacted me most was realizing that both women who fought hard to legalize abortion (Norma McCorvey "Jane Roe" of Roe v Wade and Sandra Cano "Jane Doe" of Doe v Bolton) no longer support abortion and wish these decisions were revoked.

The Doe v Bolton case made abortion legal up to nine months, at the discretion of the states. However, Sandra Cano said she was forced to sign an affidavit agreeing to an abortion she didn't want to have and even tried to flee the state to prevent abortion. The irony of this situation is that one of the most famous "victories" for the pro-choice movement didn't involve a choice at all.

“No one should have a right to kill their children. No mother should ever want to do so,” she said, describing her case as a “covenant with death.” -Sandra Cano (Jane Doe)

Norma McCorvey "Jane Roe" was a pro-choice activist who worked at abortion clinics. Once, she was on her cigarette break and struck up a conversation with an "operation rescue" preacher and in time was converted, baptized and became a pro-life activist.

Over the past forty years, the two women who sparked the landmark pro-abortion legislation have both re-thought it and had a dramatic change of heart.  

It's not impossible to hope that our country won't be too far behind.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/two-women-legalized-abortion-in-america-now-both-of-them-want-it-reversed

 http://womenshistory.about.com/od/abortionus/a/norma_mccorvey.htm