January 22 was the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, also just last weekend was the walk for life in San Francisco, so I want to write something about the fight for life.
I felt inspired about this whole issue because just last night I read the World magazine, whose main subject was on life and the increase in pro-life success. Fighting against abortion has always been something really important to me. The worst thing about it though, is that it must be a battle, the very fact that people would question the "humaness" or life of an unborn child. Every time I think about abortion, it just makes me want to cry, cry and cry. The fact that America is a murderer and at this very moment the life of a baby is being taken away, the very respect for life that the Constitution demands from America, is undermined every single minute of every day. America is like another Hitler, responsible for the death of millions of innocent children. We live in the claws of death, our entire mindset is a culture of death. Not only has abortion killed so many, it has also promoted the idea that children are a problem and that we must rid ourselves of that hindrance to our happiness. Then we ask ourselves, if children are something that are more of a burden than a joy , and because of that we justify murdering them, it would also mean that because the old, sick, and mentally ill, are also more of a bother than a joy, that we will one day rationalize "terminating" them for an increase in "joy," a peaceful end to their suffering lives, and a better population and effect as a whole? Look at Terri Schiavo, it is already happening.
Despite the amount of blood on America's hands, there is hope. People can't be blind forever. In Hollywood even, they are realizing that there is more to the abortion debate than just the right to "choose," that we are tampering with life and with the future population of America. There are and have been in Hollywood, multiple movies about women keeping their unwanted pregnancies, and choosing alternative options such as adoption. Some of them include: Bella, Knocked Up, Noelle, and in theaters now, Juno. Juno seems to be especially hopeful, seeing as a 16 yo girl decides to keep her baby after she finds out that it has fingernails. It portrays pro-lifers in a good light, and shows adoption as being the better, braver choice. I am planning to see it soon, because I want to support the making of pro-life movies. Not only is the movie industry becoming more pro-life, but so is the internet :) any person can go on youtube and hear the beating of a 7 week old baby. Nobody can deny life in the womb after that. ( I wanted to add the video but it wasn't cooperating.) Also in the World magazine it was showing the States that are funding a lot of money for alternative pregnancy centers. Texas, Pennsylvania, and Missouri are up in the millions. Ron Paul is also very inspiring, with his solid determination to do something about abortion and not just fantasize about the idea of being pro-life, as do so many other candidates. In fact he was the only Presidential candidate to go to the big walk for life, and talk about how, without a doubt, life begins at conception. 20 US states have said that if Roe v. Wade were to be reversed they would immediately ban abortion. The fight for life is not completely in vain. I pray every day that soon America will regain a respect for life, and that this culture of death will become a culture of life.
~ Jules
