“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these words about the fight for civil rights for all human beings, regardless of color. They still ring true today.

Today, the battle is not so much about race as it is about size and dependency. But really, nothing much has changed. Just as in the past, the real question is whether those who are strong should have the power of life and death over those who are helpless.

That’s the crux of the abortion battle. Should women have the right to kill their unborn children? In 1973, the Supreme Court said yes and the battle was joined. It rages on today, polarizing the country. The issue of abortion is, without question, the defining moral issue of our time.

Abortion does nothing to empower women. Rather, it pits women against their own children, It encourages the view that children are but a commodity that can be acquired by “choice.” It creates a mindset that inconvenient lives may be destroyed.

Is it any wonder that today the lives of the elderly and those who are medically dependent often are at risk … that children suspected of being less than “perfect” may be destroyed before birth … that human embryos have become fodder for medical experimentation?

Indeed, this is no time for apathy or complacency. But the years of struggle have not dimmed the ardor of those who fight for life. We have worked tirelessly — and we will continue to work until society recognizes that every human life is precious — from fertilization to natural death.

Please join us as we work to rebuild a culture that respects all human life.