Those who can’t attend Friday’s March for Life have the opportunity to create a virtual presence for themselves.
Americans United for Life (AUL) has launched a website allowing people who are unable to physically join the march to sign up as virtual participants in the protest on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Organization spokesman Matthew Faraci says AUL pushed to attract as many as possible for the actual march in Washington, DC, before establishing the Virtual March for Life.
“There are dozens back home who can’t make it, and their voices are not heard,” he explains. “We wanted to make sure that they could click and be heard and let their congressman and senator know how they feel, specifically about the healthcare bill, because I think because of the healthcare bill this is the most important March for Life in our lifetimes.”
The spokesman tells OneNewsNow that it only takes going online and registering at the website to take part in the protest.
“And then you create a digital image of yourself,” he adds. “It puts you on a Google Earth map of the National Mall. It also puts you on a national map of the United States, which will break down by congressional districts so that your congressman can actually see, or your senator can actually see how many people in their district or in their state are part of this Virtual March for Life.”
Faraci feels that if a picture is worth a thousand words, the virtual march online will paint quite an image as just a few days after launching, more than 36,000 individuals had already signed up.
January 21, 2010
Tomorrow We Remember and Mourn for the 50 Million Children Aborted Since 1973
Tomorrow marks the 37th year since the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. Since that time, approximately 50 million innocent and helpless children have been killed by abortion. About 1 in 5, or 20 percent, of our nation’s youth have had their lives ended by abortion. Minorities have also been hit hard by abortion. African-Americans account for about 12 percent of the population, but 37 percent of the 1.3 million abortions each year. Latinos make up about 15 percent of the population, yet account for about 22 percent of the annual number of abortions.
In all the wars in American history combined, from the Revolution to the War on Terror, we have lost approximately 910,000 people. However, in 37 years we have lost about 50 million children to abortion. We lose more children to abortion each day than we lost in all the tragedies on September 11, 2001. About 98 percent of abortions are done for convenience unrelated to health. Less than 2 percent of abortions are done for serious health reasons, rape or incest.
The youth of our nation under the age of 35 are more pro-life than any other generation. A majority of all Americans oppose abortion. Last Monday, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, about 15,000 people, mostly youth, gathered in Houston, Texas to protest Planned Parenthood’s 78,000 square-foot abortion facility scheduled to open in April in the midst of a minority community comprised of Hispanics and African-Americans. One of the youth held a sign saying, “We survived Roe. Roe will not survive us.”
January 22 is a day that will live in infamy. It is the darkest day in American history. The Supreme Court’s decision distorted law and logic. Abortion has caused incalculable harm and pain to all of us. We can deceive ourselves for a time but we cannot escape the consequences of killing our children. But the day will come when we will once again honor and protect the right to life for all Americans.
What if I Were Born After The Roe Abortion Decision? Two Reasons to Hate 37
by Bryan Kemper
My thirty-seventh birthday was probably the worst birthday ever for me; I dreaded that day all year leading up to it. For some reason the psychological trauma of knowing I was that close to being forty years old hit me when I was turning thirty-seven. I had no problems at thirty-six, but once thirty-seven hit I was a wreck.
I am now forty-two years old and it is no big deal; I kind of like the idea of being that old. In fact if I were turning thirty-seven this year, I don’t know if I would even be alive. If I were turning thirty-seven this year then that would mean that I would have been born on July 19th of 1973 and I just don’t believe I would have ever made it to my birth day.
I have always know that I was born out of wedlock and that my mother went through some rough times when she was pregnant with me. What I did not know until this year is that my grandparents were so ashamed of my mother that they sent her away to a home in San Francisco until she gave birth, so no one would know she was pregnant.
I was always told my mom was on vacation in San Francisco and that is why I was born there; I never knew how unwanted I really was.
So what if the year were 1973 instead of 1967? What if my mother told my grandparents about me just after January 22, of 1973? If my grandparents were willing to send my mother away to be alone and scared for months, would they have been willing to just “get it taken care of”? In my heart I truly believe that if my mother were pregnant with me in 1973, I would have never been born. Full story at LifeNews.com
Record Number of Pro-Life College Students Attend Youth Conference on Abortion
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com)—Polling data form 2009 shows opinion on abortion moving in the pro-life indication and if the attendance at the upcoming Students for Life convention is any indication, the numbers are right on track. Students for Life of America will host a record number of students at their annual pro-life conference.
The event, on Saturday, January 23rd at the Catholic University of America in Washington, has been sold out for the last two years.
But SFLA is expecting a record number of registrants this year from nearly two dozen states and three countries.
Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America, tells LifeNews.com that the top agenda item for the event is equipping students to oppose government funding of abortion, organize fellow students on their own campuses, and showing them how to use the Internet and new media or the pro-life movement.
“The overwhelming response of students to this year’s conference is very exciting,” the young pro-life leader said. Full story at LifeNews.com
