...at least the Pro-Life Movement as we know it. So argues Dr. Paul Kengor from the Obama election and other factors in his article "Pro-life Death?"
What does this mean? He concludes:
What does this mean? He concludes:
But for those still willing to try to help young mothers and their unborn babies, the thrust must now focus on counseling, evangelization, education, on establishing crisis pregnancy centers, on making ultrasound technology more widely available, and generally on one-on-one efforts to convince pregnant girls that they have options.
With the results of November 4, there will likely be another 35 years of Roe v. Wade—plus much, much more. Pro-lifers need to regroup and think hard about how to try to ensure that the next 35 years of legalized abortion in America will not produce another 50 million aborted babies.
If there is a silver-lining, it is this: Christians must now hope in their God to end abortion and not their legislators.
I would argue just the opposite.
ReplyDeleteThe pro-life movement has spent so much energy on lawsuits and lobbying that we haven't put enough effort into winning hearts and helping mothers who might make decisions one way or the other.
We should always have made that our MAIN focus, rather than a back-burner concern.
The pro-life movement isn't dead, it's just a question of how we revive it.