Unconditionally Pro-Life

Last week, I spent the week at my sister and brother-in-law’s house in North Carolina and met my now three-week old nephew.  As I held him, and watched him, I was filled with so much love and gratitude for this new, precious and small  life.  As I spent time with him, I saw the work of God.  Babies easily remind us of a powerful, good, and loving Father and Creator.  I can’t help but think about all of the babies who never get to live outside of the womb.  And I wonder, how can anyone look at life as something to discard just weeks or months before in the womb, all in the name of “women’s rights” and “reproductive health.”

Yesterday marked 51 years since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.  The fateful decision on that January day revealed a country who had again lost its moral compass and a culture that had turned away from God.  With the overturning of the decision in June of 2022, our country has seen a lot of states pass laws that ban abortion and favor life.  There has been a lot of progress, but there is still so much work to be done.  We need to stand up for life until abortion is not only illegal, but more importantly, unthinkable.

So many people are complacent and many others have become desensitized to the culture of death that normalizes the absolutely dehumanizing, cruel, and evil practice of abortion.  Others believe the lies that the pro-abortion lobby and media push.  Some people say that we care too much about this issue or to stop talking about it.  But as long as God has given us another day, we must work to uphold and honor the dignity of life, sharing that every single life is a gift from conception to natural death. 

In order to make abortion unthinkable, it takes all of us.  In order to change the culture, we need people who are passionate about life and about helping women in unplanned pregnancies who feel like abortion is their only option.  We need to support and promote pregnancy resource centers and work to steer people away from the abortion-giant, Planned Parenthood and share their corrupt and immoral practices.  We need to study and brush up on our pro-life apologetics so that we have the knowledge and ability to share why life matters with those who disagree.

For any of you who do not feel very passionate about being pro-life or any of you who are scared about sharing your pro-life stance, I’d challenge you to do something this week that helps you to put your beliefs into action.  And for those of you who are already passionate about being pro-life and strive to live it out daily in your words and actions, do not lose your fire and conviction.  The culture of death has permeated our country and the battle over abortion rages on.  But God is on the side of life, and with Him alone, we can change one heart and one mind at a time.
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“We are facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the “culture of death” and the “culture of life”. We find ourselves not only faced with but necessarily in the midst of this conflict: we are all involved and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life.” (St. John Paul II)