Check out this blog post from John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute While it is not wholly discouraging, it is challenging and convicting.While I personally do not believe we should ever give up legislative efforts to legally end abortion, in the big picture the legal victories seem to have been almost purely symbolic because people's hearts and minds haven't been changed. Further, even though symbolic victories do send a message, Mr. Whitehead proposes that the message is not being received, believed nor implemented by the culture at large. This is a bad thing because the pro-life community hangs our hats on these legal victories but doesn't go any further...thereby spending millions and millions of dollars on symbolic victory.
Please don't misinterpret me. Abortion must be stopped. It is murder. Period. But read the article for yourself. Compelling? Give me your thoughts...I'd love to read them!
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Thanks for sharing that, Steph. He raises some EXCELLENT points. Very wise counsel (in my opinion).
Thanks for reading and posting, Karisa! Compelling argument, huh?
Very. And I actually posted it on on the Mom to Mom forum at Parenting.com...but it turned into an argument about pro-choice vs pro-life. So either people weren't actually READING it, or they COMPLETELY missed the point. I, however, was shocked and amazed at the man's very reasonable and accurate analysis of how the whole dilemma should be addressed--AT THE ADDRESSABLE LEVEL! The very human level. Help people make a better choice. Help people survive making the RIGHT choice. Very convicting, and so so RIGHT.
I love your encapsulation: helping people SURVIVE making the RIGHT choice!!!
Woo hoo for your posting on parenting.com!!!
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