Some of us withhold support because we may have
been involved in obtaining an abortion or counseling someone to get an
abortion in the past. We may feel hypocritical in supporting life now
when we played an active part in ending a life or lives in the past.
Seek true healing in the sacrament of reconciliation and know that your
witness could be a powerful weapon in the fight against the evil of
abortion. More importantly, your healing through the sacrament of
reconciliation and conversion on this issue may be the last stumbling
block you need to overcome in order to have a closer relationship with
God.
Lastly, some of us believe other issues such as
poverty, affirmative action, racism, or civil rights take precedence
over the issue of abortion. This approach fails to recognize the right
to life as the fundamental right upon which all other rights are based.
If future generations of African Americans are deprived of the right to
life then all victories we achieve today for any civil rights and
equality are for naught.
Doctor King stated, "Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?'
Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question,
'Is it popular?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And
there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe,
nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience
tells him that it is right."
Ask the Holy Spirit who is the Lord and giver of life to help you
overcome your personal obstacles to embracing fully the Gospel of life
and building a culture of life.
Gloria Purvis
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