my gosh, we are so young

"I just thought, my gosh, they are so young. There are so many of them, and they are so young."

This is how pro-choice NARAL president Nancy Keenan recalls the moment her train pulled into Washington's Union Station a few months ago. She was greeted by a throng of an estimated 400,000 pro-lifers. It was the day of the 37th annual March for Life.

Newsweek's April 26 issue includes an article called "Remember Roe!", which states that "the abortion-rights community" is becoming "acutely aware of their waning influence in Washington"[1]. Unfortunately for pro-choicers like Keenan, abortion supporters consistently dwindle in number.

Beginning in 1980 and up until recent years, it used to be that the Democratic party defended abortion. But now, groups like Democrats for Life of America are becoming more prevalent, and support for abortion among left-wing leaders is fading. In 1992, for instance, Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey, along with over 30 other prominent political, academic, commercial, and religious figures, ran a full-page ad in the New York Times asking for "communities and policies that help women to deal with crisis pregnancies by eliminating the crisis, not the child"[2]. In 2003, John Zogby determined that 43% of Democrats "[agree] with the statement that abortion 'destroys an innocent human life and is manslaughter'"[3]. And most recently, pro-life Democrat Bart Stupak pushed for rigorous abortion restrictions in health-care reform.

"So if Democrats won't stand strong for abortion rights, who will?"[1]. Leading abortion advocates are beginning to wonder the same thing. Nancy Keenan has been worried about the future of her movement for some time now, realizing that those in her baby-boomer generation who run the largest pro-choice organizations like NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and NOW are approaching their 60's and will soon be retiring. And the only passion Keenan is seeing among young people regarding abortion is not coming from her side. She was understandably alarmed upon seeing the tens— even hundreds— of thousands of young people at January's March for Life. A pro-choice rally two months before had 1300 participants[1].

I think abortion is increasingly unpopular among Democrats because it is increasingly unpopular in general. Who needs it? It kills children, hurts women, and robs men of their fatherhood. Looks like the only people it's good for are the ones making the blood money.

Regardless of my political party, I will never stand for legal abortion. And I am proud to say that neither will most other men and women in my generation. As Keenan confirmed herself, we who stand for life are young and we are many.

Vita Pro Omni!

[1] Sarah Kliff, "Remember Roe!" Newsweek, April 26, 2010.

[2] Rachel Martin, John Parkinson, and Emily Yacus, "Are Democrats Now Pro-Life?" ABC News, August 9, 2008.

[3] John Zogby, "New National Abortion Poll Says Majority of Americans are Pro-Life." Zogby International, January 16, 2004.