The Battle

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for visiting the Huntingtown High School's Students for Life of America Club blog. We are committed to educating and training a new generation of high school activists who will become advocates for the unborn and life at every stage.

Our club is affiliated with Students for Life of America, a courageous organization that provides resources to high school and college pro-life organizations. They provide a network of support and inspiration without which this club would not be possible.

We are engaged in a battle. Every day thirty-three hundred babies are killed by abortion. Thirty-three hundred. That's thirty-three hundred lives cut short, thirty-three hundred children who will never hear the sound of their mother's voice or see the sunrise.

But this is not a physical battle. We cannot protect life by taking it. We must denounce all forms of violence against abortion clinics. That is not how we will win this battle.

The battle against abortion, euthanasia, and all other crimes that violate the basic right to life is one of ideas, arguments, and culture.

We must defend this basic idea, this "revolutionary" idea that all life is sacred. From the moment of conception to natural death, all life is sacred. Any attempt to violate the sanctity of life is a crime against natural law. Natural law is unchangeable. It does not depend on what some legislators agree upon or what the courts say. Murder is never acceptable. That is why we are against abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty.

We must argue against the insanity of the other side. All too many have been deluded by the lies of Margaret Sanger and other apologists for the culture of death. They have heard falsehoods often enough that they have become half-truths merely from repetition.

We must replace this culture of death with a culture of life. We must counter the insidious elements of a culture that does not value life with the inviolate sanctity of life. Only then will the unborn be protected. Only then will life be sacred once more. Only then will we be able to rest in peace.

Our club is committed to the defense of life. We will do whatever it takes to bring about the end to abortion and all other crimes against the sanctity of life.

If we do not defend the most vulnerable in our society, who will defend us? Abortion and euthanasia are symptomatic of a culture of disposable life. What will you do when it is your life that becomes worthless? Who will stand up for you?

Every life has inestimable worth. Every child deserves to live.

That is why we fight.