Has the fight against abortion grown apathetic?

Recently I have gotten into the Pro-Life movement as I have been reading articles, watching videos and studying the issue in general. The more I hear about it and the more radical pro-choice people I talk to, the angrier I become.

It just seems that we have become apathetic...

The abortion issue has become in every way, exactly like slavery. People hate it, but they fear that nothing can be done. The ones that do support it have loss all sense of rationality.

"What about clothes hangar abortions?"

What about them...

I remember watching the movie of Gideon v. Wainwright about the right to a lawyer.

A very important line was in that movie. One of the justices said "How will the states afford lawyers for everyone" the other justice replied, "Whether a state can afford a Lawyer has nothing do with whether the people have the right to one."

Clothes hangar abortions have nothing to do with whether or not a Life is Life.

It's because of these "side" issues that the pro-life population has become apathetic.

In the political arena all you hear is that there is nothing that can be done, therefore Abortion has become nothing more then a way to divide up parties and votes.

But there is something that can be done...

We need to fight for life. Now I am not talking about an actual civil war, because that would be a pointless dose of irony. However, the same passion that was used to try and free the slaves at the cost of risking ones life, needs to be put into the Pro-Life movement. Better yet, the same passion that ended segregation.

We need peaceful, outspoken and loud protests nearly everyday, that rival the marches of Martin Luther King.

We need walk outs, sit-ins, and very public protests for the lives of the unborn that are killed daily with no voice.

This brings me to the Silent Protests.

http://www.silentday.org/

The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is held in October. It is one day of the year that is dedicated to not speaking in support of those who have no voice. I believe this is a great thing as I will be taking part in it myself, but I do not think it is the only event pro-life supporters can take part in.

The last thing we need to do is be silent. We need to be loud. We have a war to win, and many battles remain.

So what can we do?

A lot of people say that all hope lies in the supreme court. This may be true. I don't personally believe the supreme court has as much power as it thinks it does. I think with enough noise from the populace, the people can petition the court to overturn a bad law. However, it would not be easy, it would be unprecedented and would require anything but silence.

If we cannot petition the supreme court, then we can petition the congress to enact laws that would by default, immediately upon the presidents signature, go straight to the Supreme Court for review. We can force congress to make a bad law.

This would require as much protest and phone calls to congress as the Immigration bill this summer...If not a whole lot more.

I'll be honest. I do not know what to do. It seems impossible, there are a lot of factors. But I watch the movie "Amazing Grace" about William Wilberforce and see how he fought his entire life with nothing but apathy in his way.

It only shows me that...We can do this

They need us.

*Just a side note. This in no way was meant to attack Silent Day, only to say that Silent Day should not be the only major protest. We need more. Silent Day should be the only day of the year we allow voices to rest from protest.