Today a day of mourning for children killed by abortion

Reclaiming the Human Center of the Abortion Debate

Today a day of mourning for children killed by abortion
Today is the 40th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wadedecision that legalized abortion, and it's been set aside as a day of mourning throughout the country by many organizations...

55,772,015 Abortions in America Since Roe vs. Wade in 1973

First Things: Marching for Life
I am unable to forget the “March for Women’s Lives” held on a beautiful D.C. Sunday in April 2004. Its Orwellian event title referring to aborting mothers not unborn females: As the Indigo Girls sang and Whoopi Goldberg held up her coat-hanger, one of the largest banners in the crowd of thousands read “Pro-Life is to Christianity as al-Qaeda is to Islam.”

My profound sadness at this scene of lostness led me to join the small Feminists for Life contingent across the street. In response to my “Women Deserve Better than Abortion” placard, middle-fingers and shouts of “How do you know what women deserve!” flew at me, and two lesbians purposely made out right in front of us in an odd effort to counter our counter-protest. Clearly, there were also thousands of less hostile people in attendance as well, and some civil conversations were had. Still, even the mass produced “It’s Your Choice, Not Theirs” signs spoke to issues of power, control, and antagonism that largely fueled this crowd... image

Mother Teresa: Roe v. Wade ‘has deformed a great nation’
...“Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being’s entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or a sovereign..."



The 40 Film to be released this summer...