We Must Fight for a World Where Abortion is Unthinkable

A man turned to me at church and said, “Thank you for the work you do. It’s so important.”

I smiled and offered gracious thanks to him for recognizing the significance of pro-life work.

I did not grow up thinking I would become a pro-life advocate. I had all sorts of professional dreams, from being an actress on the Broadway stage to serving as a reporter outside the Kremlin.

Pro-life advocacy never went through my mind. That is, until I couldn’t get it out of my mind.

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My intellectual awakening led to a deep desire to work on behalf of the most vulnerable–particularly unborn babies. I couldn’t shake the image of them struggling for life, crying that silent scream.

I could not abandon them.

I thought I would work in the pro-life movement until Roe v. Wade was overturned. That legal feat took longer than I had anticipated.

And when it happened–miracle though it was–I realized that my work had just begun.

My pastor recently said to me, “Your work will never end.” I believe there is truth in that, because there will always be looming threats against innocent human life.

A disgruntled individual recently sent me a letter telling me I should walk away from the pro-life movement. That sort of bullying just makes me all the more insistent on working to save innocent human lives.

There is no pain I could experience worse than the anguish endured by babies facing late-term abortions.

And for every insult I receive, I tend to be thanked by those who valiantly wish for an abortion-free world.

It is a dream that is possible, for those who believe.

LifeNews.com Note: Maria Gallagher is the Legislative Director and Political Action Committee Director for the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and she has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio.