What Is a Chapter? What Does a Chapter Do?(Brief Article)

Let's start with a truism: Our friends and neighbors probably do not often think about the life issues.

It is a safe bet that the average American is far more likely to be thinking about our war on terrorism, the state of our economy, their own jobs, their kids' schoolwork and activities, and what's for dinner. Abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia probably do not enter into their minds on a very regular basis.

Yet, for all that, there is still this. Most people, deep down, understand however vaguely that there exists a clear and present threat to innocent human life. It is a thorn in their conscience, the source of which they can't explain.

Pro-lifers don't need prodding. We don't need our "consciousness raised." The lives of unborn babies, disabled newborns, and the medically dependent elderly is always on our minds, along with all the other issues weighing on the hearts and minds of every American.

Pro-lifers are not naive. We understand that for the most part abortion is not in the pages of our local newspapers.

Yet this lack of attention does not change that regrettable truth that nearly 4,000 unborn children die daily. These little ones may be out of sight. It is our job to ensure that they are not out of mind.

Thus, whatever else is on the nation's mind, the critical task for NRLC's nearly 3,000 chapters never changes: to keep the life issues on the public's mind. How? Local Chapters.