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Would you be willing to take a vow of silence for a single day to help save the lives of unborn babies? That’s what students across the nation are setting out to do on Oct. 20.
Stand True, Christ-Centered Pro-life, is holding its sixth annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity next Tuesday. If last year’s results are any indication, it’s a worthy effort. Last year, nearly 60 girls canceled their abortions on the day of the event.
In 2008, more than 4,700 campuses in 25 countries participated in the event – and Stand True expects even more this year. These students stand in solidarity with each other to bring attention to the holocaust that is killing almost 4,000 babies every day in the United States alone.
“The students are speaking loud and clear; they want an end to legalized child-killing” says Bryan Kemper, president of Stand True Ministries. “We are getting thousands of e-mails, comments and Internet messages from students thanking us for giving them a peaceful way to stand up and be counted.”
Students will not only remain silent but will also wear red armbands and/or red duct tape on their mouths, and distribute educational flyers to anyone who asks why they are silent. Many home-schooled students will also participate in the event by visiting local malls and other public areas to distribute flyers. Participating students are instructed to be respectful to teachers and other officials and to speak with them when required.
“Thousands of American babies are permanently silenced every day by the violent act of abortion,” says Kristan Hawkins, Executive Director of Students for Life, an online resource for college pro-lifers that includes information on abortion facts as well as how pro-lifers can make a difference. “This is a day for pro-life students to honor those children as they stay silent as an act of solidarity with these innocent victims.”
Over the past few years many schools have tried to stop students from participating and have tried to quash their First Amendment rights. Every year, attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth, through strategy, training, funding, and litigation, defend these students and file lawsuits to protect their rights.
“This is a way for us to challenge students of all ages to be bold advocates for the almost 4,000 pre-born who are murdered every day in our country,” says Timmerie Millington of Survivors, one of the leading pro-life youth activist organizations in the nation. “They have an opportunity to stand with their fellow classmates and an obligation to be a voice for the voiceless. By standing in united solidarity across the world, students everywhere can identify with the preborn children, and our silence will proclaim ‘stop killing our generation!’ We can and must be warriors for the preborn!”
Here is a touching report from a student who discovered how her stand made a difference:
“I got one girl to not get an abortion because I took a ZERO in class for this and she started crying. She pulled me into the bathroom and told me she was pregnant and was going to have an abortion and she said because of how much this meant to me she didn’t! We both sat in the bathroom and cried for a few minutes and she put the baby up for adoption!”
Here is a second report:
“She’s about a month or so pregnant. I have her for a couple of my classes. She kept glancing at my shirt all day and she took a flier. But she didn’t say anything. Then today in 6th I was getting up and she came up to me. And in front of the whole classroom she began weeping and fell into my arms. She said she didn’t want to have an abortion anymore. She said she wanted to receive Christ right there.”
Jennifer LeClaire is the editor of The Voice magazine and author of “Doubtless: Faith that Overcomes the World.” You can also find her online at www.jenniferleclaire.org.
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