‘Abortion is murder that takes the life of an unborn child and can cause grave physical harm to the mother and emotional harm to both the mother and father,’ the 160 signatories wrote.
‘I continue to call on the President and all our elected officials to increase support and care to mothers and babies, rather than facilitate the destruction of defenseless, voiceless human beings,’ wrote Archbishop Lori.
Too often the cautious rhetoric of the pro-life movement suggests that abortion is unnecessary, or unseemly, or unwise, or all of the above. We need to drive home the message that it is unconscionable: that in every 'successful' abortion, a baby dies.
Our job now in the pro-life sphere is to prep the next generations in a world which is even more hostile to truth. While it may seem daunting, there’s always hope.
‘I don’t know whether there’s going to be enough legislators who have the courage and fortitude to admit that this law can be fixed and are willing to start over again,’ Republican Sen. Patricia Rucker told LifeSite. ‘I can only hope.’