You're Never Too Young.(National Right to Life Committee )

Having grown up around some of the finest pro-lifers and their children, it seems as if I have always been familiar with the pro-life movement. One conclusion all this has taught me is that you can never be too young to make a difference.

The National Right to Life Committee where my parents work offers invaluable assistance to unborn children, older people, and people with disabilities. I like to think of the pro-life movement as a non-violent defense army that works on behalf of the vulnerable.

Most significantly, right to life is the most important issue of the age. The death culture has been claiming innocent lives in America for decades, and it is only getting started. It is required of my generation that we stop the "quality of life" mentality, or at least greatly slow it.

Pre-teens like me (I am 12 years old) need to get involved in the pro-life movement now, rather than wait, for several reasons.

Older people tend to pay more attention to things if young people care about them. Adults like to see kids care about something besides video games and TV, especially when it is an important issue in today's society.

Even though a lot of adults don't realize it, many pre-teens are forced to deal with life issues when their friends and family members are involved in life or death decisions. For example, sometimes pre-teens will have friends, friends' family members, sisters, or aunts considering having an abortion. Sometimes we will have friends whose parents are thinking of taking grandma or grandpa off of life support, or even ending their food and water.

By being educated about pro-life issues and arguments as soon as we are able to understand them, we can convince other young people to be pro-life. To continue to thrive, the Movement must have many people involved in the future.