Why Ignorance Is NOT Bliss

Whew, haven't written anything on this blog for about (checks) a year. A year.
So what happened? Well, as a young adult in the midst of education and job stuff, KC suddenly became very busy. And because she wasn't there to remind me, I forgot to. I also lost confidence in my ability to write about a controversial issue without sounding like I'm spitting venom.
But I'm back, because when I'm passionate about something, I see it through to the end!
So here we are, and I'm just going to touch briefly on something that made me and KC really irritated back at school.
One of her friends, let's call him Chuck for the sake of having something to call this anonymous person. One of her friends at school was personally a very committed prolifer. But when asked to join our group (keep in mind, we did things like baby bottle drives and praying in front of clinics. Nothing too hard!) he said "Well, I think that the less we say about abortion, the better. Ignorance is bliss, right?"

Is it April Fools day or are you being serious?

Now Chuck is agreeable and smart, but in this one area we were flabbergasted (that is a fun word).
Ignorance is most definitely the problem here. You are not helping babies by keeping your mouth shut.
Ignorance about the abortion issue hurts everyone involved. It hurts the woman who thinks she only has one option. It hurts the baby who is killed as a result of the woman's ignorance. It hurts prolifers, who are assumed to be crazy nuts.
If you make an effort to educate people, then the woman won't feel so trapped. She will know that she has other options. And as a result, more babies will be saved. You can show people that prolifers are normal people like everyone else, and that we are open to conversation.
Don't use tired clichés like 'Ignorance is bliss' to try and justify whatever it is that keeps you from acting.

Justice For ALL, Not Just The Pretty and Wanted

Hello everyone, this is Monica. Isn't KC doing such a great job keeping the prolife blog going? Let's have a round of applause throughout the blogsphere!
Anyway, I hate to say it, but I'm here to let the air out of something that's well meaning, and sadly quite common in the prolife movement.
How many times have you seen an image like this while hanging around in prolife circles, be it on the web or elsewhere?

Caucasian, blue eyes, perfectly chubby cheeks. Most likely wanted and planned, too. This image bothers me for several reasons.
First off, this baby is so obviously beautiful and perfect that there's no question of it's parents wanting it or not.
Secondly, a picture with a beautiful baby with the words PRO LIFE stamped on it is sadly doing the opposite of what it's trying to do.
Let's see, as prolifers, what do we believe?
We believe that ALL life is precious and worth protecting, despite all that may be physically or mentally wrong with a person. We believe that even if a person is severely disabled or in a really bad social situation, it's not fair to kill them under the assumption that their lives will be terrible. We believe that the right to life (which is right there in the constitution, by the way! It even comes before liberty and pursuit of happiness...) is the most important right, and when that that is taken away the other rights can't be far behind.
The above image and many like it sadly buy into the pro choice belief that people are only valuable if they are beautiful or talented. It's the same as that old, overused prolife argument "What if the world's next great artist or scientist was aborted?" It's true, we've probably lost a lot of talented people. But the loss of a person who wasn't really going to be anyone is just as tragic as the loss of a person who was going to be 'important'.

This young lady probably won't grow up to look like a
super model, but the glow of joy in her face is more
lovely than any physical beauty could ever be.

I hate to say it (okay, no I don't.), but the above image makes us look like hypocrites. It tells pro choicers that we may act like we love all babies, but we really only value the pretty ones. Looking at pictures of cute babies makes us feel all warm and cuddly inside, but the prolife movement is not about being warm and cuddly. It's about the truth. And the truth is that all life is beautiful and worth celebrating. So rather than constantly celebrating just the cute and the planned, why don't we give some love to the less fortunate?
I'd like to remind you also that pro life activity doesn't stop when the baby is born. If you know somebody who has a special needs baby, YOU can help to make a difference for that child and his or her mother. You can make a difference in that child's life.

This being said, Monica does not hate cute babies. She would just like to point out that they aren't the only one's who's pictures are worth being stamped with a prolife caption. Monica would also like to point out that while all babies aren't necessarily 'cute' by modern standards, they are all precious children of God and deserve to be treated as so.