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Dear Workers in the Battle for Life:

Whether you have been in this battle for 35 years or 35 days, this letter is dedicated to you.

How can we respond to one of the most humanly destructive and devastating realities of our time? Abortion in America.

The Roe v. Wade decision, for all intents and purposes, made it legal for any pregnant woman to obtain an abortion for any reason or for no reason. The Supreme Court’s legitimation of abortion causes the woman to consider abortion a private matter and no one else’s business. She may confuse what is "legal" with what is "moral". Many mistakenly reason that because abortion is legal, it is morally acceptable.

However, God says to us, "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hand." Isaiah 49:15-16.

Each unborn child has been carved in the hand of God from conception, not only now in this life but forever. God will not forget them. Neither can we.

John Cardinal O’Connor wrote, "I believe...that the cause of human life will prevail. I believe that all of those who have joined in the struggle to preserve, to protest, and to enhance the dignity and the sacredness of every human life will prevail."

The Reverend Paul M. Clark asks, "What is dignity? Dignity recognizes the worth of human life. Dignity stems from a deep appreciation and understanding that human life is a gift from God."

Then he instructs us as follows, "We must stand steadfast in our battle for human dignity. We must be infected with...compassion for the helpless...with love for the good and the right...to the point where we act. We must act by patiently, quietly, faithfully continuing in the toilsome work of changing minds, educating youth, helping young women with crisis pregnancies find alternatives to abortion, easing the pain of those who suffer, caring for and offering forgiveness to those who have taken life. This is work to be sure. It is work in the trenches. It is work that is long and hard, and lacking an end in sight. But it is God’s work, and we are called to participate in it."

Thank all of you who are in this battle from the bottom of my heart!

Blessings!

Shirley J. Stanton, WVFL President