Today was the 47th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court ruling which legalized abortion in the U.S. Every year around this time, hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers march in Washington D.C. to protest the ruling, and others mark the day in their own communities. My mother and I attended a local event this morning; the day started with a Mass in St Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield. Afterward, my mother stayed behind with a large number of older folks who prayed in the Chapel and I did the first part of the march with the younger folks. We walked from St Michael’s to City Hall; at that point, a combination of being worried about my mother and being very cold prompted me to return to the Chapel-but the rest of the group walked all around downtown Springfield, just quietly wearing their signs and witnessing. In the time I was with the group, several cars driving by honked and waved their support; I was still wearing my sign while I walked back to the Cathedral on my own, and several more people honked and waved their support to me. There was only one person who seemed displeased with us-he was swearing about something, but it wasn’t clear if his displeasure had anything to do with us.
I pray all the time for both women and men who have been harmed by abortion; if you have been involved in abortion in any way and seek healing, help is available. God Bless and keep you.
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The link which says “Home Page” goes to a totally safe site called “Hope After Abortion”-the site is sponsored by an organization called Project Rachel. When I put in the link, it showed up as “Home Page”. I have no idea why 🙂
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Huzzah, to you, your Mom, the marchers, the prayer supporters! The movement is, indeed, getting younger. That’s so encouraging! Appreciate the local perspective….Thanks for this post!
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Thank you, Nanda 🙂
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I think change is going to come – one person at a time, one heart at a time. Were guys represented, too?
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Yes, the crowd seemed to be about 50/50 men and women 🙂
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Looks a wee bit colder than my present locale.
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Lol 🙂
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Touching – over.
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Thank you, Simon 🙂
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JC: If you don’t already know, the original “Roe” (Norma McCorvey) has long since changed her mind about abortion and is an active pro-lifer. I managed to dig this out of NR but it’s an interesting story about which I had yet to hear.
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Thank you, Liz, for reminding me and informing others of this important fact-there are multitudes of people who used to work in the abortion industry who are now active pro-lifers. One of the first defectors was Dr Bernard Nathanson; he was an abortionist, a founding member of NARAL, and he played an integral role in legalizing abortion. Then, he became pro-life and spent the rest of his life speaking out against abortion. There are so many stories like his; thank you for giving me an idea for my next post!
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Looking forward to reading it!
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Thank you so much, Liz 🙂
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