The table below, from AfterAbortion.info, is placed here just to see where we are in the Life-Death spectrum. Of course we should belong in the Pro-Life Group, as should all people of good will (Pro-life involves all life issues, including banning the death penalty). A good reference material about this issue is David Reardon's Making Abortion Rare.
| Group | Concerned About... | Believes Abortion is... |
| Pro-Life | Baby | Immoral |
| Anti-Abortion | Woman | Dangerous to women |
| Pro-Choice | Woman | Helpful to women |
| Pro-Abortion | Utopia | Needed for social engineering |
Of course, in dealing with people contemplating on abortion, or those who have undergone abortion, we should maintain the virtue of compassion; we are not supposed to judge them. We are to love them and pray for them. Women who have been in similar situations before are presumably more effective in talking to them. We should understand the pain, anguish and stress these women endure. If for some reason the abortion pushed through, then we should commend them to the mercy of the Son of God, and help them in providing closure. To stress the point, we are not judging them, or else we will be judged ourselves.
Prayer to End Abortion
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, and for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the resurrection of your Son. I am ready to do my part in ending abortion. Today I commit myself never to be silent, never to be passive, never to be forgetful of the unborn. I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, and never to stop defending life until all my brothers and sisters are protected, and our nation once again becomes a nation with liberty and justice not just for some, but for all. Through Christ our Lord. Amen! (see PriestsForLife)
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