Check out some more encounters we had at the Genocide Awareness Project at Marshall University.

ALL Black Lives Matter. A group of black students told us we couldn’t use BLM slogans while discussing abortion, claiming that BLM is about systemic racism. What would you call targeting millions of black babies if not systemic racism? We know that eugenicists in the 20th century built abortion centers in predominately black neighborhoods.

Hungry for knowledge. A few students stepped up to ask us questions and have polite discussion. Despite their obvious disagreements with us, we could tell they were hungry for knowledge and for God.

Responsible for suicide? If the law prevents a young girl from aborting, one man claimed, it’s our fault if she then kills herself! Help is widely available for pregnant women in all kinds of different circumstances. Emotional distress doesn’t justify killing a born child, so why would it justify killing a preborn child?

A glimmer of hope. We met one student with an amazing story of survival. “I was born at 23 weeks and my mom had to FIGHT the doctors to keep me alive. And here I am, thankful.” Praise God for courageous moms!

Can you believe we have never taken GAP to Wild and Wonderful West Virginia? After traveling their famed Country Roads, we found ourselves at Marshall University. The Herd, as their students are known, was quite unwelcoming and had few rational responses. However, we truly saw 1 Peter 2:15 in action: “For such is the will of God, that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.” Many hearts were softened, if not completely changed, that day.

Hypocrisy at its finest. After agreeing that late term abortion is morally wrong, one student claimed it was still a woman’s right to choose. Another took the same view seconds after declaring that targeting gay babies in the womb is wrong.

Sharing the Gospel of Life. A young Christian student agreed with our stance on abortion but said we should only preach the Gospel to change minds. What would’ve happened if we used her methods to stop the racial segregation in the 1960s?

No regrets. It’s always sad to see women flaunting their abortions, claiming to have no regrets. The only thing we can do is pray for these women and hope the display touches their hearts.

Next week we’ll share even more stories from Marshall!

Not the point.  One protestor’s sign said “How can I be old enough to be a mother but not old enough to have an abortion?”  Our images show the truth about abortion; it is child killing in the womb.  The age of the mother does not determine the humanity of the child.

Hope in our youth. Two young men were standing near our signs, discussing amongst themselves. Jane overheard one say, “Because I am not in a situation where I can afford to take responsibility for a child, I plan to wait.”

Student to student.  Dan said he was against abortion, but we were “doing it wrong” by showing abortion images.  His friend Ellen had a different view.  She had had an abortion and was lied to; she was told her baby was a blob of tissue.  After learning the truth about abortion, she felt betrayed and regretted her abortion.  She told Dan that we were actually “doing it right” in showing the truth to others who were undoubtedly being lied to as well.  Amen.

Enemies of the Left. In his book Siege, Mark Crutcher says that this is not our war; it is a war between the pro-aborts and the pre-born children. We, the pro-lifers, are an army fighting for those who can’t fight for themselves. We were reminded of this while at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte when students held signs that said “F*** those kids!” They must make the poor children their enemies to justify murdering them.

Possessed or triggered?  One woman yelled at GAP staffers without allowing them to answer.  When asked if we could respond, she yelled louder, until she got tired and left.  Some may say she was possessed, others say she’s just triggered.

Old and useless. An older professor was yelling into a megaphone, encouraging students to go vote. Jane, tired of her egging on the kids, walked over and kindly said, “You know these students won’t take care of you when you need them; you’ll be old and useless, like me.” That shut her up.

We’ve taken GAP to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte many times over the past 20+ years. This campus illustrates how our culture has become more and more hateful. Still, the Light shines in the dark.

The danger of opinion on campus. Pro-life students often tell us they feel unsafe around the pro-abortion mob. One student had to be escorted off campus by our staff after being surrounded by a gang of angry pro-aborts. When he tried to leave, they followed him, and campus police did nothing to ensure his protection. We invited him to stay with us until the mob dissipated.

The aggressive truth. “This is really aggressive,” said one student while looking at our signs, “but you know what? It’s the truth.” She had planned on giving us her information and heading to class, but she decided to stick around for a few hours. At one point, she even jumped into a conversation with a student about the pregnancy resource center where she volunteers. Pro-life students are always refreshing.

The folks of Appalachian State University always have a broad spectrum of responses when they see GAP. Here are just a couple from our most recent visit.

No time for truth.  “I won’t accept anything from your 7-year-old embryology book,” yelled one pro-abort, as if human development has changed during the past seven years.   We told her to go to the library and find a recent version to compare it to.  Her response?  “I’m not doing your job for you!  I don’t have time for that!”  After yelling at us for five hours straight, you’d think she would take some time to get her facts straight.

Some just get it.  During handheld GAP on a busy highway in Boone, NC, one man saw our sign about past genocides.  “I was in Rwanda when it happened.  The river was red with the blood from all the bodies that filled it,” he said.  “I was there to help feed people while they hacked each other to pieces with two-dollar machetes from China.”  Needless to say, we didn’t have to explain the signs to him.  He understood genocide.

Just over the state line from ETSU is Appalachian State University.  Many children live today because of our numerous visits to App State over the years. Here are some interactions from our most recent visit.

Gore meets GAP.  Not surprisingly, we were met with more pushback than praise.  Pro-aborts continually yelled obscenities at our team.  A group of them held signs with absurd statements such as “I like my government like I like my coffee—not in my vagina.”  One held a sign that said, “I eat dead babies.”  Sick.

When profanity is your only argument.  While some pro-abort protestors got creative with their signs, most had common pro-abortion slogans.  One said,  “F*** YOU.”  Hmm.  That’s an argument we never considered. We’ll have to go reconsider our entire worldview.