Pro-Lifers Embrace Information Age.(Brief Article)

It's early afternoon. Out of nowhere comes news that your state house of representatives will take up a crucial piece of legislation.

Turns out at the last moment unsympathetic legislators snuck in a bad amendment that will provide hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to the abortion industry. You must alert your members to flood the capitol switchboard with calls demanding that their state representative vote against the measure unless the pro-abortion amendment is deleted.

Not so long ago, the only way to communicate in such urgent situations was via a phone tree. But now, thanks to a minimum amount of effort but lots of foresight, you're able to send out an e-mail alert to virtually every member. Three hours later, his colleagues having heard from the people, the sponsor of the amendment reluctantly withdraws it.

As we all know, we now live in an Information Age, a time when ordinary citizens routinely use desktop computers, access and create web pages, and communicate a good portion of the time not by phone but by e-mail.

That is why it is essential that the ultimate grassroots movement, one which depends heavily on everyday people making their voices heard, fully utilize information technology.

To make effective use does not require a heavy financial investment at all. Much of what you need most people already have.

Virtually everyone either has (at least) one computer in his or her home, has a next-door neighbor who has a computer in the family room, or is a hop, skip, and a jump away from the local library which offers free access to computers and the Internet.