Watching Pro-Life Young People Make the Case for Life.

It is no secret to readers of National Right to Life News that rare is the issue where we don't have at least one story about the marvelous cadres of young people who give our Movement great confidence in the future. We have a front-page story in this edition as we did in March. As you may recall last month Joleigh Little's account detailed how 500+ people, including scores of high school and college students, attended a hearing in Wisconsin on SB 398.

This misguided bill is an attempt to repeal the state's protective pro-life statute 940.04 which would immediately shelter unborn children from abortion upon the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Joleigh subsequently gave me a heads up that the hearing had been broadcast and was accessible online. As I watched, naturally I spent most of my time transfixed by the Wisconsin kids who were bunched at the very, very end of the six-and-one-half-hour long session. The chairman, no friend, was nonetheless obviously impressed by their remarks and their behavior throughout the long, long day.

Joleigh, naturally, was inordinately proud of her charges. And with good reason. (See the story on page four that includes excerpts from their testimony.)

It is no exaggeration to say that the kids were marvelous. You came away knowing they were articulate, courteous, and thoughtful, ready to make the case for life. Their defense included those instances where abortion might be considered the "first response," such as a physically difficult pregnancy or in the case of a very young mother. The beauty of adoption was mentioned over and over again.

One young woman articulated out loud the theme that ran through their testimony: these young people had a dream for ...