Reflections of a College Kid.(becoming a pro-life activist)(Brief Article)

When I was growing up, my life was full of meetings. With my mother working nights my entire life, my grandmother, who had retired before I went to kindergarten, was my babysitter and first teacher.

What an example she set for me! My grandmother was constantly heading off to the Right to Life Center for a meeting or envelope stuffing or to the State Fair booth. In second grade, I joined grandma as a volunteer for a local congressional campaign stuffing envelopes and going door to door doing lit drops.

Over the past 12 years, as I became involved in Teens for Life, and College Students for Life and came to National Right to Life, she's been my sounding board and my mentor. Her words of wisdom and experience, and her gentle nudging, have been a tremendous source of inspiration and support as I have continued my work in the pro-life movement.

Most of that work has centered on youth outreach: educating my peers on the dangers of abortion. More and more of us who are members of the "abortion generation" realize the enormity of Roe v. Wade's direct impact on us.

We were raised with abortion on demand as the law of the land. Over 40 million of our peers have been aborted. Annually, over 40% of all abortions are performed on teenage and college-age women.

We are also a generation that seems especially targeted by the abortion industry. From high school "health" classes and counselors to television and radio ads to rock music fairs and festivals, the abortion industry has set its sights on further tearing our generation apart.

What pro-abortionists don't realize is there is a firestorm of activity growing against their blatant attacks on our generation. This firestorm had its origins in people like my grandmother--pioneers of this great movement--who had the foresight to know that the battle to restore respect for life wasn't going to end overnight or even in a matter of decades.