I believe we must save babies' lives by changing the hearts and minds of women and those who would encourage them to kill their babies. Let's face some facts: Legislation hasn't worked. Litigation hasn't worked; courts are, to a large extent, immoral. Protesting at abortion mills, courageous as it is, doesn't work; your government is liable to throw you in jail or sue you for everything you have. If some thug throws you on your head, as happened to a Harrisburg, PA man recently, your government will simply stand by and watch. (That is in fact what happened.) Displaying photographs of murdered babies, though it depicts the truth, doesn't work; people simply recoil and blame you instead of the killer.
Moreover, Americans don't like to be "told what to do." After all, they now have the "right" to an abortion. They need to be persuaded, so that when they act or fail to act, they will feel that they are doing so out of their own convictions.
Public relations, marketing and advertising accomplish great things in this society. They make a giant economic engine hum. They have made a mere tramp like Paris Hilton an international celebrity. Can't they also be a force for good? Of course they can. I propose that the life movement mount a positive public campaign to persuade people that our position, that babies must be protected at all points in their lives and development, is the right one, and indeed the imperative one.
This is an approach that requires organization and money, but it is certainly worth pursuing. Americans will shower many millions of dollars on presidential candidates, none of whom I believe would make a dent in the slaughter of abortion in this country. I would like to attract like-minded people to begin such a long-overdue effort. Of course, if anybody can show me an organization that is already carrying out such a mission, I'll give to it myself.
What do you think?
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