By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
The darkness of these days can seem overwhelming at times. COVID-19 continues to claim thousands of casualties…civil and political unrest haunts our streets…violence claims the lives of innocent children.
And yet, we know from both Scripture and science that darkness cannot overcome light. And that is what the pro-life movement is: a bright, bold, beautiful light for our times.
The pro-life movement provides the light for a pregnant woman struggling through the darkness of difficult economic challenges.
Pro-life advocates provide light and love to the frail elderly who are in danger of being tempted by the lure of assisted suicide or ignored by medical bureaucrats who do not value their lives.
Pro-lifers shed light on the troubling issues of our day, pointing public officials onto a better path which reveres the sanctity of life before all else.
Pro-life women offer the light of truth in a culture which falsely claims that abortion is a freeing experience. These courageous female leaders attest to the undeniable fact that abortion kills preborn babies and harms women in a multitude of life-altering ways.
Pro-life men shine a light on the responsibilities of fatherhood and the indescribable pain men experience when their preborn children are aborted.
Pro-life journalists enlighten us on a daily basis, pointing out the falsehoods of the abortion industry reported as “fact” by compliant media.
Pro-life doctors and nurses light the way for parents who receive a dire prenatal diagnosis. They can provide support during the most trying of circumstances.
Pro-life lawyers shine a beam of hope, illuminating the path forward to overturning the tragic U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision.
Pro-life public servants provide light in the White House, the halls of Congress, and the corridors of state Capitols, enacting policies which protect preborn children, their mothers, people with disabilities, and older Americans from harm.
We will, of course, experience legal and political disappointments along the way, as we did Monday with the tragic Supreme Court decision. But the light of the pro-life movement cannot be distinguished and will continue to burn brightly in 2020 and beyond.