By Celeste Broyles
Happy New Year! Let's try to make it more pro-life!
This past fall I was interviewed by a woman taking a class at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The class assignment was to interview someone with whom you disagreed on the topic of abortion. We spoke on the phone and in person, all told about 3 hours. It was cordial and interesting, and also educational (for both of us).
I explained in a variety of ways why there are no exceptions to killing a preborn child through induced abortion. That concept must have been so foreign to her that here and there she would look for kinks in the armor, albeit kindly. At one point, when we were discussing a difficult scenario of a pregnancy, she said to me, I feel like you’re almost thinking in that case abortion might be ok. I started my reply: No, because. But before I could continue, she interrupted to finish my sentence – I know . . . it’s still a life. Aha! It took a couple of hours of going round and round, but at least she picked up on the fundamental truth of the pro-life position – even if she didn’t agree with it.
I’ve been active in the pro-life movement for a long time; something not lost on my interviewer. So, the woman asked me, Will you quit? I told her, No, not until/unless my body or brain makes it so I can’t continue. (P.S. I’ll try very hard to stick to my statement.)
A while back, a woman stopped at the LI Coalition for Life pro-life booth I had at a street fair. She said, I met you at a fair 2 years ago. You’re STILL doing this?
YES, I’m still doing this because ‘they’re’ still killing innocent defenseless tiny people in the womb. It’s easy to get frustrated, overwhelmed and disenchanted when involved in the pro-life movement. That’s fine. Take a break, a breather. But please don’t quit. The people we are trying to protect from right-to-life assaults that treat humans as disposable are in desperate need of more people to step forward to defend the inherent dignity and value of each person from conception.
It is critical for pro-lifers to be educated and to SHOW UP.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
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Celeste Broyles is the Nassau Vice-Chairman of the Long Island Coalition for Life, Inc.
Happy New Year! Let's try to make it more pro-life!
This past fall I was interviewed by a woman taking a class at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The class assignment was to interview someone with whom you disagreed on the topic of abortion. We spoke on the phone and in person, all told about 3 hours. It was cordial and interesting, and also educational (for both of us).
I explained in a variety of ways why there are no exceptions to killing a preborn child through induced abortion. That concept must have been so foreign to her that here and there she would look for kinks in the armor, albeit kindly. At one point, when we were discussing a difficult scenario of a pregnancy, she said to me, I feel like you’re almost thinking in that case abortion might be ok. I started my reply: No, because. But before I could continue, she interrupted to finish my sentence – I know . . . it’s still a life. Aha! It took a couple of hours of going round and round, but at least she picked up on the fundamental truth of the pro-life position – even if she didn’t agree with it.
I’ve been active in the pro-life movement for a long time; something not lost on my interviewer. So, the woman asked me, Will you quit? I told her, No, not until/unless my body or brain makes it so I can’t continue. (P.S. I’ll try very hard to stick to my statement.)
A while back, a woman stopped at the LI Coalition for Life pro-life booth I had at a street fair. She said, I met you at a fair 2 years ago. You’re STILL doing this?
YES, I’m still doing this because ‘they’re’ still killing innocent defenseless tiny people in the womb. It’s easy to get frustrated, overwhelmed and disenchanted when involved in the pro-life movement. That’s fine. Take a break, a breather. But please don’t quit. The people we are trying to protect from right-to-life assaults that treat humans as disposable are in desperate need of more people to step forward to defend the inherent dignity and value of each person from conception.
It is critical for pro-lifers to be educated and to SHOW UP.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
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Celeste Broyles is the Nassau Vice-Chairman of the Long Island Coalition for Life, Inc.
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