Antiabortion cause stirs new generation
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At Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Philadelphia, the Teen Board for Generations for Life group, a pro-life group for young people, holds a meeting.
Born into a time after Roe vs. Wade, many young adults are eager to reverse it. And veteran activists are happy to enlist their help.
By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 22, 2008
WALLINGFORD, PA. -- The bell rang and the eighth graders jumped up, eager to compare notes.
"I named my baby Kyle Patrick," one shouted.
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"Mine is Antonio!"
At the urging of an antiabortion activist, they had each pledged to "spiritually adopt" a fetus developing in an unknown woman -- to name it, love it from afar and above all, pray daily that the mother-to-be would not choose abortion.
"Maybe one day you'll get to heaven and these people will come running to you . . . and say, 'We're all the little children you saved,' " activist Cristina Barba said. She smiled at the students in their Catholic school uniforms. "Maybe you really can make a difference."
Thirty-five years after Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, opponents are pouring resources into building new generations of activists. Young people are responding with passion.
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