Truth about Abortion

Thursday morning a small representation of the pro-life community in Bremerton got together to begin planning our spring 40 Days for Life campaign. We were a little nervous because, to put it mildly, our last campaign was a little discouraging. In fact, in terms of community participation, it was down right dismal. We saw several lives saved, but we also filled our vigil times only because some volunteers stood by themselves for five or six hours a day. That's discouraging, especially when we read that 71% of the American populace considers itself pro-life. So we pondered, should we try to stage a new campaign, and our answer was, how can we not.

Abortion is one of the greatest evils ever visited on humanity. War, famine, tyranny, dictatorships, torture, religious discrimination, domestic abuse -- they are all awful desecrations of the sacred image of God in both the victim and the perpetrator, but abortion gives the victim no choice and no chance to fight back. Ancient armies, when they conquered a nation, would rip the babies out of mothers' wombs to desecrate their enemies. We do it to ourselves and call it choice.

Abortion is a betrayal of the most simple and one of the most sacred relationships entrusted to us (the other sacred relationship being marriage): the process of giving and nurturing life. There is nothing more precious than the relationship between parent and child and the responsibility of the life-giver to the receiver, but abortion encourages us to actively toss it aside in the name of preserving some small, piddling thing misnamed freedom and more rightly called status quo for ourselves. It's not a new thing; it's been around since before Christ. It's not a progressive development. It's a sign of social decay.

So this year, on March 9, vigils will kick off around the country. People will gather outside abortion clinics and pray for the women going in to the clinics; for the doctors, nurses, and receptionists who work in the clinics; and most of all for the babies who were denied any opportunity at life. They will pray everytime a woman walks into the clinic in her pajamas and weep everytime she limps out. And I'm asking everyone I know to be one of these people. Even if you can't go to a clinic, sign up for the prayer reminders at www.40daysforlife.com and pray for the rapid end of abortion.

The video below illustrates some abortion statistics (and their sources) that you might not have known before. It was made by a woman I know and trust. There are no violent or obscene images in it. It will help you remember what you're praying for.



God bless us all.

This is Awesome.

I got this link in an email this weekend. It debuts an amazing symbolic mural of the resurrection of our Lord. Check it out.

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