Acting Pro-Life

8 Responses to “Acting Pro-Life”

1. Dean Baldwin, on October 13th, 2008 Said:

   I am ashamed of those who call themselves pro-life and act nasty! I have been saying the Rosary in Frederick, Md. close to the abortion clinic. The men and women I walk with are wonderful….quiet….if someone shouts at us, well, what can you do but pray a little harder…who knows if they have had an abortion.
   I will have to say, God has been good, and there have been several people who have seen us and just join us for a short while and others who stop and tell us why they kept their baby….too bad some give us a bad name….

2. Alicia, on October 15th, 2008 Said:

   I think your article was really good, but it was really sad to see (and I’ve been noticing this more and more as I’ve ready your blog + your articles at inside catholic and such) how quickly everyone jumps all over each other. It seems to me that if we’d stop fighting amongst ourselves over who is more pro-life or who’s going about things the right/wrong way we would get a lot more done. Being pro-life is an all day every day thing, we should be welcoming to children, loving to mothers and big families, and politically active. Obviously not everyone can manage to be politically active, but they can be active amongst people they interact with daily. The girl I work with decided to get an abortion a few weeks ago when she found out she was pregnant, and she was kind of unsure about it, and with God’s grace, I helped to convince her not to. I’m hoping she continues in her decision not to do it, because it wouldn’t be unlike her to change her mind again. But every day there are people like her who decide to get an abortion and all they need is someone to give them some reasons NOT to have one.

   And PS. I think you handle all of the horrible things people say incredibly well, it always makes me mad and I want to yell at them about how they’re missing your point and they shouldn’t attack you so blindly, but you seem to accept it with incredible equanimity. kudos lol, I wish I was that good at such things, maybe I would be more capable of debate.

3. Steve Skojec, on October 16th, 2008 Said:

   Hey little sister,

   I’m proud of you! Keep talking to that girl and keep praying. Prayer is such a huge part of this, and too many people underestimate it, or confuse it with passivity.

   As for those who pile on when I write these things, in the words of the Black Knight, “I’ve had worse!”

4. Monica, on October 16th, 2008 Said:

   Alicia, I’m keeping your friend in my prayers, how is she doing?
   I think it’s wonderful that you’re encouraging her to keep her baby - keep it up!!! Someday I’m sure she’ll be very thankful that you were such a light of God’s love to her during this difficult time.

5. Alicia, on October 16th, 2008 Said:

   Thanks Steve

   Monica, she’s okay I guess, really sick and a misery to be around, but that’s not that unusual :-p She says that she’s planning on giving the baby up for adoption when she has it, but I’m still afraid she’s going to decide to get an abortion because its easier, and then she can go back to drinking and doing drugs and hooking up with anyone she can. That sounds kind of horrible, but it’s true, and we can only hope and pray that maybe this pregnancy will change her, though clearly the daughter she already has didn’t make her change for the better.
   She just needs a lot a lot of prayers to make her make the right decision, and I need a lot of prayers so I don’t tear my hair out putting up with her haha.

6. Cousin John, on October 18th, 2008 Said:

   Steve and anyone interested,

   Check this out!

   http://www.votesmart.org/npat.php?can_id=30204

   This is my third time running. I’m running against a pro-abortion Republican (self-admitted) and an even worse Democrat challenger. This is how I try to act pro-life, among other things. This just got live on the internet, so I wanted to share.

7. Mary, on October 19th, 2008 Said:

   Alicia,

   You should refer this young woman to a local crisis pregnancy center. The counselors are trained to help her in many ways, especially with finding an adoption organization. If she is even willing to say that she will place her child for adoption that is a good start. If she meets with professionals now and possibly even begins meeting prospective parents, it may help her to stick to her decision to place her child for adoption.

   God bless,

   Mary

8. Alicia, on October 19th, 2008 Said:

   Mary,
   Thank you, I tried to. She’s been out of work the last few days, supposedly she had a miscarriage, but it was on the date that she had originally set up an abortion, so I don’t know whether she just told our boss that because she didn’t want to tell him she had an abortion. Either way, please pray for the baby everyone

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