"Little One Sweet" Posters Spread Pro-Life Truth Worldwide.

From Mexico to Latvia to Australia, the truth about fetal development and the humanity of the unborn is being told by the "Little One Sweet" posters, developed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Respect Life Office. The posters can now be found in schools, pregnancy centers, and churches around the world.

After an article about the posters appeared in the July 2001 issue of NRL News, other newspapers picked up the story. "We received calls from as far away as Australia," Linda Brenegan, administrative assistant of the Respect Life Office, told NRL News. "Within six months of the first printing, all of them were gone. People seem intrigued by the gentle, soft images of the babies."

There are now 10 individual posters, as well as one large poster that includes all nine months of the unborn baby's development. Each poster features a pastel portrait of a baby, drawn by Brenegan based on actual photographs of children in the womb. The accompanying text gives a quick summary of the milestones reached by the baby. The newest poster is for Day One, which shows a one-celled person with the words, "I'm here!"

Brenegan told NRL News she dedicated her work to the babies in the original photographs, whom she learned were aborted after their pictures were taken. "I prayed that God would make each of my drawings beautiful so people's hearts would be filled with tenderness."

And that seems to be happening. "Even people who are `pro-choice' love the posters," Brenegan insisted. "The babies' lives were so short but they're touching the hearts of so many people."

The posters are available in seven languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, ...