Thousands of young people participate in work camps every summer. People your age take effective action on difficult issues. They help end suffering where and when they can. Teenagers can be proud of the actions they can and do take. Your energy and courage make me confident that you are strong enough to handle the truth about abortion, one of the most controversial and important issues today.
Abortion is the deliberate, artificial, forcible destruction of an unborn baby.
This differs from a miscarriage, which is a naturally occurring loss of a child not ready to be born. Abortion can be accomplished through a variety of procedures. Among them are the injection of a saline solution into the uterus or dissection of the baby in the womb with a surgical device. They need your enthusiasm, your belief in the need to change the world, your certainty that things can improve, your ability to see what's right and to speak out against what is wrong. Abortions can flourish only in a society where selfishness seems desirable.