Pro-lifers like me love science and technology. Yup. We’re like science geeks without the comic books. And we’ve got girlfriend and wives.
For years, religious people have been called backward and anti-science while pro-lifers actually couldn’t wait for scientific and technological breakthroughs so we could all get a better look inside the womb and understand better what it is to be human. I think everyone must remember the first time they saw a 4-d ultrasound. It changes you. It’s changed lots of people.
The moment America saw the delicate, beautiful, and strong hand, the human features, the smiles, the thumbsucking of a 20-week-old baby in the womb much of America reconsidered everything we took for granted. When we see five beautiful fingers that only a loving God would take the time to create reach out, it changed everything.
Poll numbers in recent years have taken a decidedly pro-life turn and while part of that is simply that pro-lifers have more children another aspect that shouldn’t be dismissed is that the more we see inside the womb the more difficult it is to believe the lies of abortionists who say it’s a blob of tissue.
The unspoken message of the ultrasound is clear to all with an open heart: “I’m human—just like you.”
It was the same message of Harriet Beecher Stowe whose novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” made the horrors of slavery impossible to ignore. It was the message of Rosa Parks who awakened a slumbering country to the evils of racism by the simple act of sitting down. It is the message of the victims and the oppressed throughout our history: “”I’m human—just like you.”
That moment when a woman sees an ultrasound will encourage millions to reconsider where they stand on the issue of when life begins. And that’s why pro-aborts are fighting to keep women in the dark as to what/who is growing inside them.
I have great faith that science is on our side simply because truth is on our side. And the recent spate of ultrasound laws, I think, are a great thing. And I think before the country is willing to listen to a pro-lifer saying “don’t” they might just listen to pro-lifers saying “look.”
April 29, 2010 at 7:14 pm
It's not just by Parks and by Stowe
That Blacks were more free from Jim Crow.
John Woolman did fight
To bring to t'ward the light
The evils that slav'ry bestows.
Cathorick
(New to CatholicDads.org)
April 29, 2010 at 7:15 pm
"To bring to t'ward the light" should be "To bring t'ward the light".
Sorry.
April 29, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Yup. My VERY pro-abortion in laws WOULD NOT look at our sonogram pictures or our 4D ultrasound video of their new grandchild. Basically, they want to remain ignorant of the humanity of the fetus. I suspect many "pro-choice" people out here prefer to keep their heads in the sand.
April 30, 2010 at 12:09 am
I love your description of the ultrasound being the Rosa Parks of our generation. Great work, keep fighting the good fight. Check out my blog it is called the "Marco Minute" the blog URL is http://www.marcominute.blogspot.com
April 30, 2010 at 12:03 pm
federoff9, that's actually positively scary! =-S
April 30, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Absolutely brilliant. Get a wonderful 4-d picture on a t-shirt and add the tag line
"I'm human—just like you." This shirt could make a big difference. Second thought…get it on billboards and buses. This is an important message and must be heard.
April 30, 2010 at 2:09 pm
I am pro-choice, but I agree with you here. My main concern for pro-life conservatives is that their concern for children seems to decline precipitously after the child is born.
April 30, 2010 at 2:16 pm
"their concern for children seems to decline precipitously after the child is born"
Amy, that is just not true. I know of pro-lifers who have adopted children, fostered children, had pregnant single mothers live with them, worked at pregnancy centers, etc. You need to let go of that outdated myth.
April 30, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Rather than a t-shirt (on which it would be hard to show movement), how about those new billboards that are basically large outdoor TVs?
April 30, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Amy, be thankful most people don't look at your picture and consider themselves to be "pro-choice" in regards to you.
What if you were to find out that by some odd chance one of those pictures above IS you?
April 30, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Perhaps "their concern for children seems to decline precipitously after the child is born" because those who are already born are much less likely to be murdered than those who have not yet been born. The concern is proportional to the danger.
April 30, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Amy, clearly you are unaware that there are pregnancy centers all over the country that minister to the needs of pregnant and new mothers. These women receive counseling, financial aid, spiritual support, whatever they need to adapt to life as a mother. Or, if the women desire, these centers help them with the adoption process.
But I would be happy to be enlightened by studies that prove that pro-lifers "concern for children seems to decline precipitously after the child is born."
April 30, 2010 at 6:20 pm
The picture with the smiling, waving baby is going to make me happy all day. The post itself is incredible and thought provoking. Thanks.
April 30, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I've believed in pro choice but you make an excellent point with this message about ultrasound pictures being a strong defense for these babies. Although I think a fetus on a t-shirt is extreme, I fully understand where you are coming from now.
April 30, 2010 at 8:26 pm
MARCY K, LEAVE THE HOUSE IN THAT SHIRT AND YOUR KIDS WILL WISH YOU HAD ABORTED THEM…
April 30, 2010 at 8:31 pm
I'm so sick of this bs about "pro-lifers don't care about kids after they're born!" It's so ignorant and self-righteous it makes me want to scream. Funny too, the same pro-aborts who pull that line sure as hell haven't adopted any kids or done squat to help kids. But that's okay, apparently, because they think they should have been killed in the first place? Give me a break!
May 1, 2010 at 1:21 am
Charity/social justice statistics anyone?
Amount of donations to Haiti contributed by nation as of January 2010:
First: The U.S.: $1,000,000,000
Second: Canada: $135,000,000
Third: Spain: $68,000,000
Fourth: Saudi Arabia: $50,000,000
The Catholic Church IN AMERICA ALONE: $60,000,000
That's right, that would be more than any other NATION on earth other than the U.S., Canada, and Spain.
Source: Reliefweb.net (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fts.nsf/doc105?OpenForm&rc=2&cc=hti), post of the official OHCA report (http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/reports/daily/ocha_R24_E15797___1005010207.pdf).
Source for Catholic amount: Catholic News Agency for April 9, 2010 (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholics_in_u.s._donate_nearly_60_million_to_haiti_relief_effort/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+catholicnewsagency%2Fdailynews+%28CNA+Daily+News%29).
So, yeah. Pro-Lifers participate in that kind of stuff.
May 1, 2010 at 1:28 am
p.s. Also you may be interested in the Gabriel Project AND Project Rachel programs.
Don't lump "pro-life conservatives" in with a political party. A lot of us recognize that you can't even begin to talk about social justice, rights, aid, or human dignity until you first acknowledge that *every* human has dignity.
Me personally, I don't even begin to let social issues influence the way I vote if the candidate is pro-abortion. How can he have any credibility in defending anyone's rights when he deprives the most vulnerable class of society of any rights at all?
May 1, 2010 at 2:57 am
If a woman is having a hard time financially (or is in an abusive situation, etc) then getting an abortion doesn't help her. It doesn't get her out of a bad situation.
May 1, 2010 at 5:33 am
I understand the intent behind this, but ultrasound really is not respectful to human life, especially the "4D" ones 🙁 It has been shown to increase temperatures at a cellular level and has never been proven safe Countless babies are aborted based on info learned during ultrasounds, which is often inaccurate.
Ultrasound is not the Rosa Parks- it is the Hitler.