The disparity between what it takes to support a small middle class family in the developed world and what it takes to support large families in third world countries almost defies belief. Fourteenth, we have lost an appreciation of the power of grace. We feel we cannot face our own difficulties nor expect others to face theirs. The status quo is now with those who find life cheap and who fight any restriction on choice. But as with Hamlet, this fact tends not to energize the younger generation to defend life but to render them depressed and confused.
Anecdotal evidence reports that they hold even their own lives to be of little value.
When asked if they think their mother should have aborted them if her pregnancy had posed a significant burden, young people generally answer in the affirmative. Despite the heroism and effectiveness of most of the pro-life movement, I believe it is not facing imminent success, not because of any weakness in effort on its part but because of the nature of the task that faces it. The task before us is enormous.