Before Spring Break, there were 1,105 paper crosses hanging above the lower level of the Barone Campus Center. Strung and hung by members of Students for Life, each cross represents three abortions, which occur on a daily basis. According to Planned Parenthood, the leading abortion institution, there are approximately 3,315 abortions every day.
This demonstration was organized to promote what Students for Life believe is missing: the truth. After attending the annual Students for Life of America Conference in Washington, D.C., last January, the group was motivated by the organization Feminists for Life to make others aware of the facts about abortion.
The Feminists for Life motto is, “Women deserve better than the status quo.”
Grabbing hold of this message, Students for Life wants to make sure the student body knows the reality of abortion. The club’s goal is to provide women with information so that they can make educated decisions regarding abortion, based on knowledge rather than hearsay.
If women are to be truly empowered, they need to have accurate information. Colleen Gibson ’09, co-president of Students for Life, echoed the group’s objective.
“Students for Life wanted to make the Fairfield population aware of the genocide that is going on in our own country,” she said. “Over 3,000 people are dying daily, and the people who are choosing to kill them feel like they have no other choice.
“That is truly an injustice – to those who die and to those faced with the seemingly one-sided choice.”
The choice in “pro-choice” comes from knowing more than just one choice and knowing the reality of the available choices.
With a different agenda, Planned Parenthood presents information on their Web site as well as promotional materials.
In an attempt to comfort women who may be considering an abortion, the Planned Parenthood Web site says: “Abortions are very common. In fact, more than one in three women in the U.S. have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old.”
Just because abortions occur frequently, this does not indicate that the process is not without pain.
Erica Herzog ’09, a pro-choice student, reflected on the cross demonstration saying, “It is really sad; women should know there are other options.”
What Students for Life hopes to accomplish by this demonstration is to spread knowledge about the reality that is abortion in the hope that women will be empowered to make an informed choice.
Editor’s Note: Michael Csorba is a member of Students for Life.
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