NEW YORK, April 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A March 30 Sunday New York Times feature reflected astonishment among baby boomer parents that their children—“teenagers and college-age Americans” are now “more conservative about abortion rights than their counterparts were a generation ago.” Students are reaching conclusions independent of their parents’ pro-abortion mindset, and the Times quotes parents and “experts” to explain why. The main explanation, according to boomers, seems to be that today’s youth did not experience the horrors of life in America for women before Roe v. Wade.
Another explanation is the undue influence of the pro-life movement, raising awareness through such issues as partial-birth abortion and education programs that actually explain what abortion entails. One teen, Kelly Kroll, who is a junior at Boston College and president of American Collegians for Life, calls herself a “survivor of the abortion holocaust” because she was adopted. “I’m troubled,” one pro-abort parent is quoted saying, “where do these kids come from?” The Times concludes with almost audible alarm: “If today’s teenagers and young adults maintain their views on abortion into older adulthood, and if succeeding waves of students are also conservative, the balance could tip somewhat in America’s long-running abortion war.” To read the online version of the illustrated feature: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/fashion/30GAP.html