Think of the recent outpouring of generosity and aid in the wake of Hurricane Mitch, which so devastated Honduras and Nicaragua. When good people faced together this kind of external disaster a common bond is formed a bond that supports them in their work and makes them aware that they are called to be a people of life. The personal and social disaster of legal abortion has brought together many people committed to work for increased respect for life.
Abortion remains legal for all nine months of pregnancy, for virtually any reason.
Twenty-six years after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, our country is in a state of moral disorder. Recently, a New York Times article raised the question of killing newborns, arguing that life is a continuum and that the moment of birth itself does not define the value of human life. He then spelled out a number of reasonable circumstances where such killing could be justified. His argument was consistent, but started from an immoral premise to reach a frighteningly wrong conclusion. This argument represents the logical extension of the pro-abortion ethos which shapes our culture now.