Many are surprised to learn that we are unwelcome at Christian colleges and universities, where we are often denounced by students and faculty alike.  Here are some of the more disappointing comments from our recent trips to Liberty University. 

Inconvenient maybe, but not inappropriate.  A Liberty student told CBR staff member Joanna Keilson, “How long are you going to be here?  This is inappropriate.  You’re showing pictures of dead babies.  This is a Christian campus.”  This student can ignore God’s admonition to do oppose injustice, but he can never again say that he didn’t know.

How did you come to that conclusion?  Jacob had many questions, but was sure about one thing.  “Oh, I support abortion.  I don’t think we know when life begins.”  The biology books in your library say something very different.  So does Matthew 1:18-23, where God tells us that the life of Jesus Messiah began when Jesus was conceived in Mary by the Holy Spirit.

Where is that in the Bible?  “You know what my favorite Bible verse is? The one that says to love your neighbor and like, not shove things down their throat.”  Hopefully, they’ll let him take Bible 101 again …

Ignorance is bliss.  CBR staffer Fletcher Armstrong asked a passing student what he thought about abortion.  The student replied, “I’m not educated enough to know.”  So Fletcher offered him one of our informational leaflets.  The student turned it down.

What’s political about child sacrifice?  One student refused to speak with us because he doesn’t “get into politics.”

CBR Staffer Joshua Lindsey explains to a Liberty U student that God is displeased and appalled when His people fail to intervene against injustice.

CBR took our Revival Project to Liberty University twice during the 2018-2019 school year.  Although we were denounced by students and others, we certainly had many positive reactions as well.

Pro-choice, even in the church.  A young man stopped his bicycle and told CBR staffer Mik’aela Raymond that he grew up in a Christian family hearing that “abortion is murder,” but he hadn’t given it much thought.  In the last few years he had become “borderline pro-choice,” even while a student at Liberty.  He said seeing our abortion pictures opened his eyes and made him think differently about all of it.

Student comes to our defense.  The president of the Liberty U pro-life student club complained that we were using shock tactics and were only hurting people.  But one of his fellow students overheard and rebutted, “We need to be shocked in order to care!”

Wake up!  Vincent stopped to talk with CBR staffer Fletcher Armstrong and was very supportive.  “This is a very explicit picture, but that’s how you wake people up.  I’m upset that you aren’t allowed on campus; you could do more good there.”

She gets it.  A young female student stopped to tell CBR staff member Joanna, “Those are graphic pictures, but they are effective.”

Politically correct Christianity?  A young man on a bicycle told CBR volunteer Tony, “Thanks for being here y’all!”  A jogger stopped and said, “Liberty is very politically correct and I am glad you are here.  What you are doing is right!”

Despite opposition, many students are receptive to the Revival Project message at Lee University.

The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) is refocusing its outreach to the Church, which will now be known as our “Revival Project.”  We’ve taken our pro-life message to Christian audiences for many years, but calling it the “Revival Project” is new.  Here’s why.

The Church’s prayer: revival.  For some time now, Christian leaders have prayed for revival in the Church and in our land.  We don’t doubt their sincerity, but they ignore the principle that God will never bring revival as long as Christians, leaders and lay alike, stand by and do nearly nothing about abortion.  Christians are both complicit with and complacent about child sacrifice in America, even when church members sacrifice their own children.

The Church’s position: cruel indifference.  Church members are killing children who could be saved if Christian leaders would (1) stop helping Planned Parenthood cover up the truth and simply open the curtain to let everyone see what abortion is and does, (2) exhort Christians to forsake killing their own children and grandchildren, (3) help Christians be a public witness against child sacrifice, and (4) offer hope and healing to abortion-wounded hearts.  The overwhelming majority of our “pro-life” churches refuse to take even these basic steps.

Challenging students and passersby alike in front of Catholic University of America.

The Lord’s apparent response: “Request denied.”  We want revival without repentance, the crown without taking up the cross.  We pray for revival, but how can God permit revival when there is complacency about the bloodshed of our neighbors and even bloodshed within the Church?  God says in Isaiah 59:2-3:

[B]ut your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.  For your hands are defiled with blood . . .

God says in Isaiah 1: 15-17:

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.  Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.

In these and many other places in the Bible, God says, in effect, that our petitions to Him are offensive as long as we fail to seek justice, correct oppression, protect the fatherless and widow, etc.

A question for the Church:  Who is more of an orphan than a child being abandoned by his own parents to be decapitated and dismembered?  And who is more of a widow than a woman being threatened with abandonment if she will not consent to the extermination of her own child?

In light of God’s Word, it is difficult to imagine that He will grant revival as long as the Church turns a blind eye to child sacrifice.  Over and over again in Scripture, God rebukes and calls to repentance, not the world, but His own people (e.g., Ezekiel 36:18-23, Revelation 3:15-17,19, and Romans 2:24).

Signs visible to pedestrians and vehicular traffic alike at Liberty University.  By standing on a busy sidewalk, we reached many thousand students.

Purpose of CBR’s Revival Project.  Our purpose is to confront complicity and complacency in the Church.  We use horrifying photos, because without them, most people cannot understand how evil abortion truly is.  Nor can they understand how their indifference must grieve the heart of God.

Our signs exhort Christians to forsake killing and take a public stand against child sacrifice.  Our presence models one way Christians can be a public witness.  One sign offers hope and help to parents in crisis and offers healing to abortion-wounded hearts.  You may view all of the Revival Project signs below.

Revival Project signs.  Each Revival Project sign is a 5 x 10-ft image printed on two 5 x 5-ft panels.  Most depict a photo of abortion or living embryo, along with a Scripture verse that explains God’s view on child sacrifice and our responsibility to stand against it.  Depending on conditions, a volunteer can hold one or two of the panels.

Revival Project at entrance of Regent University, reaching arriving students and staff, as well as travelers along a busy thoroughfare.

Revival Project venues.  Christian leaders, for the most part, are not receptive to this message, so we display our signs on the sidewalks and other public spaces immediately adjacent to their concerts, conventions, seminaries, and schools.  In doing so, we find Christians who will see the difficult truth and hear God’s heart for “the least of these.”  God sent Jeremiah to the gate of the Lord’s house to call His people to repent of their sin, including child sacrifice (Jeremiah 7).

The response from “pro-life” Christians.  At Liberty University, Lee University, Catholic University of America, and Regent University, we were denounced by faculty and students alike.  Harvest Crusade organizers (Anaheim, California) threatened their own attendees, stating that they would not be admitted to the arena if they hold one of our brochures.  Members of Crossroads Community Church, a megachurch in Vancouver, Washington, used vinyl banners to block our prenatal development photos.  This is reminiscent of the pagans in Ireland who also blocked our prenatal photos.  Apparently, pro-life advocacy of any kind is offensive to many Christian leaders.

Why would “pro-life” Christians oppose us for exposing the deeds of darkness (Ephesians 5:11)?  Why did so many churches fail to address historical injustices such as slavery, racism, and Nazism?  Here’s why.  It is bad for business.  Controversy doesn’t fund-raise well.  It’s easier to give a token response and turn to more profitable pursuits.

Will you invest your time and treasure?  Please pray that Christians will repent of sacrificing children on the altar of self and instead sacrifice themselves for the sake of others, as Jesus has done for us.  We will expose injustice as long as God enables.  Please invest your time and treasure in this crucial work, to be a voice for those who have none.

Revival Project Signs

For display only at Liberty University:

Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer, mathematician David Berlinski, and Yale computer scientist David Gelernter.  Dr. Gelernter’s intellectual confession, “Giving Up Darwin,” published in The Claremont Review of Books, has created quite a stir.  A former proponent of Darwinism, he believes it to be a “beautiful” theory, but just not true.

This is a fascinating discussion highlighting a refreshing diversity of views among scholars who are agreed that Darwinism is a failed theory, but have different perspectives on almost every other related question.

From Eduardo Suastegui:

Abortion pictures spark debate about the morality and legality of decapitating and dismembering tiny Americans.

Just two years after our first visit to Old Dominion U (ODU) in Norfolk, Va., we were back for another round.  This time, the abortion pictures had just as great an impact as Round 1.

Lightening the load.  A pro-life student has witnessed the power of pictures.  He said, “Thank you so much.  I love it when you guys come to campus.  I don’t know how to talk to people about this, so it’s great that you are here.”

Another student expressed similar sentiments, “Thank you.  I never know how to bring this issue up and your display starts conversations.”

It impacts everyone.  Olivia cried because her father strongly pressured her mother to abort her older sister.  (We wonder what he thinks now?)

Kill them all. “Just kill all the kids, I don’t care!!” she told Joanna.

Hard target.  CBR staffer Maggie overheard 2 guys and 1 girl having an interesting conversation.

Girl: Why don’t you go talk to her [Maggie]?
Guy 1: No. I don’t want to.
Guy 2: So you’re happy to argue with old white men but not a young white woman?
Guy 1: [Inaudible]
Guy 2: Maybe ‘cause you can’t use her age and gender against like you just did with that guy.

Homicide better than suicide?  Student: “Women must be given the choice to abort because we never know if that woman will kill herself without it.”  In other words, women are weak and can’t handle the problems they get themselves into.

Battling the negative vibes.  “For you to put up with these negative attitudes, thank you. It must be hard,” A professor told Jane.

Easy Results. Two adult African-American women asked Mik’aela about rape while a pro-abortion student stood nearby.

Mik’aela:  Should we kill the rapist?
Woman:  No!
Mik’aela:  Should the child get the death penalty instead?
Woman:  Oh! Oh! Oh! You got me! You got me! You’re right!

Her friend agreed and they both thanked Mik’aela and continued to discuss how Mik’aela’s answer was such a good point.  The pro-abortion girl just watched them, thinking.

CBR volunteer Laurice Baddour from Maine engages a group of students at UNC Greensboro.

Almost everyone prefers to ignore abortion.  But when we bring the truth of abortion into the light, it’s almost impossible for anyone to avoid it.

Government is God.  “I know it is human but if society says abortion is morally justifiable, so do I,” he told Mik’aela.  “If society changes its mind, would you change too?” Mik’aela asked.  “Yes. Where else can we get our morality from?”  If government can’t tell us what’s right, then who can?

Consistent to a fault.  A young woman told us that a woman has the right to kill because it is her body.  Even a moment before birth.  Even during the birth.  Even after birth if the umbilical cord is still attached.  She defended all three, though she was uncomfortable with the last one.  Perhaps her consistency can help her see the depravity of her position.

Backfired attempt.  A young woman called the police because she wanted them to remove us from campus.  However, the police ended up threatening to take her to jail because she was being so disrespectful.

Don’t be mean to abortionists!  A young man said we shouldn’t compare abortionists to death-camp doctors.  Meanwhile he argued for abortion to prevent children from having bad lives.

The voice of tolerance.  As she threw sandbags off our display she told Jane, “Don’t touch me, b****.  I hit women, too.”

So many hurting.  “Good morning,” he said as he took a pamphlet and then said very softly, “I wish I had been aborted.”  This young man needs our prayers.

Students often take photos of our signs to share with their friends.  That way, even more people will that abortion decapitates and dismembers children.

Our first visit to UNC Greensboro was met with hostility.  On this trip, GAP certainly stimulated a response, but it was less hostile and more thoughtful.

Not so sure anymore.  At our poll table, she voted for abortion to remain legal, but after speaking with Mik’aela, she took her name off!  “I am not sure anymore,” she said.

Bravery.  “Your bravery is so incredible.  Thank you so much,” Wyatt told CBR staffer Jane Bullington.

Let’s talk about abortion!  Phil approached Jane.  “I have to do a persuasive speech and the only forbidden topic was abortion.  Then you guys explode the topic on campus!”

More appealing than the other side.  A young man went up to some of the protesters and said, “Sometimes I think their logic is better than yours, and I’m even on your side!” he exclaimed.  Later he said to the same folks, “The only one who has yelled at me was over there [he pointed to a pro-abort] and she was in my grill so much it made me want to go to the other side.”

Freudian slip.  After a long conversation, pro-abortion Ben was about to leave, but said one more thing, “I think a woman has the right to do what she wants to do with her baby.”  Jane challenged that last word.  “Baby or body?” she asked.  “You know what I meant,” he insisted.  “Yes,” Jane replied, “You said baby.”

Students don’t take sex seriously.  A professor from Senegal approached one of our staff.  “I have a hard time with blood and gore, but I am glad you are here.  We need this. Students don’t take sex seriously.  I waited until marriage to have sex and I have Christian friends of the same mindset.  It can be done.  Thank you for being here.”

Conversations abound when GAP comes to town!

Based on previous experience, we were expecting hateful protests at our latest visit to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG).  We certainly got those, but we also had countless positive comments and thoughtful conversations with logical students.

You’re doing what you set out to do.  A pro-abortion student was impressed.  He said, “I don’t agree with your position but you are doing exactly what you set out to do, and doing it very well.  I applaud you for standing up for something you believe in.”

Thank you!  “I know this is hard and students are rude but thank you.”

Impromptu GAPers!  “May I volunteer?” a young man offered.  On Day 1, a young woman came to talk.  On Day 2, she came to hand out our pamphlets and engage students!

An easy switch.  She signed pro-abortion at the poll table, then asked Mik’aela, “If the mom is poor, why bring the child into the world?” Mik’aela replied, “The child is already in this world.”  Then the student said, “OK, you sold me.” And with that, she signed the pro-life side of the poll table.

Realistic.  James approached one of our staff, “What organization is this?  I have heard of organizations that use graphics and how horrible they are.  These aren’t so graphic.  They are realistic.  Abortion takes a life.  I wouldn’t kill my 1-year-old.  I wouldn’t kill a human in the womb either.”

Amen to that!

I have been surprised at how often the MAGA hat has sparked serious discussions about important moral and political issues.

by Fletcher Armstrong

Not wanting to talk about decapitating and dismembering little human beings, pro-aborts often change the subject.  For example, they will ask if we support every social welfare program, because if we don’t, it means we hate moms and children.  Or they might ask our position on same-sex marriage, because if we don’t accept their enlightened view, we don’t really believe in equality.

To prevent them from changing the subject, we point to the abortion photo and ask, “What does your question have to do with decapitating and dismembering little human beings?”  Other than proclaim the Gospel — we are commanded to do that — many pro-lifers believe we should abstain from hot-button issues that might create barriers to dialogue and just focus on abortion.

After all, people who disagree with us on a wide range of issues can still agree with us that killing is wrong, that killing 6 million Jews is wrong, and that killing pre-born children is wrong.

On the other hand, abortion attitudes often reflect an unwillingness to accept personal responsibility.  Whether it is taking care of their own children, paying off their own college loans, or paying for their own contraceptives, many students consider even the mere notion of personal responsibility to be something akin to a human rights violation.  And this entitlement extends not only to themselves; everyone on the planet is entitled to come to the USA and have their expenses paid as well.  That is idiotic at a number of levels, but many believe it.  There is a political component to all of this that cannot be ignored, and our society cannot long survive if too many people believe that personal responsibility is a human rights violation.

Leftist kookery not only puts our nation at risk, as if that were a small thing, its advocacy of sexual perversion also puts students at risk of great personal harm — spiritually, emotionally, and physically.  God designed love, marriage, sex, and child-rearing to operate as one package.  He designed us to enjoy sex and raise children within the context of a lifelong, monogamous, committed partnership (i.e., marriage) between one man and one woman.

In rejecting this model, man (a) separates himself from God, (b) destroys the healthy formation of relationships between men and women, (c) denies children both male and female role models in the home, (d) exposes himself to dozens of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and (e) invites serious physical injury.  At Middle Tennessee State, a young man enslaved by the homosexual lifestyle told us that he must get tested for STDs every two months.  The god of this world tells him this is “freedom.”

People like this desperately need somebody to tell them the truth.  For some, we might be the only ones who can.  We can’t be so focused on abortion that we forget to love the person in front of us, and the best way to love this person is often to tell him the truth he needs to hear.

To invite discussions of lifestyle and personal responsibility, I have been wearing my Make America Great Again hat when on the campus.  It has stimulated important dialogue on a wide range of important issues, way beyond my expectations.

At Evergreen State College, a young man walked up to me and said, “I wanted to speak with the one person furthest away from me politically, and when I saw your hat, I knew you must be the one!”

We both laughed.  I told him that I wear the hat, not so much to support our President, although I do, but because I wanted to speak with him about three things that make America great.  He was open to that.  I told him this:

1. “Our founding belief ‘that all men are created’ has made us the freest people on the planet.
2. “Our system of capitalism and free enterprise has made us the most prosperous people on the planet.
3. “Our respect for the Constitution and the rule of law has made us the most stable society on the planet.

“Yet we have a political party that wants to set all of that aside and hunt around for something that ‘works.’”

He agreed with my first point, he said, because he is a Christian.  I further explained that because we are created, we are equal before the Creator and bound to respect the dignity of every human person.  We owe that responsibility not to the magistrate, but to God Himself.

He agreed with all of that, but then he then went on to say that he was a practicing homosexual, and he wondered what I had to say about that.  Here was a person in desperate need of hearing the truth.

I told him that I was bound to treat him with respect, just as I would anyone else, but as a Christian, I could not endorse his self-destructive behavior.  I told him,

1. “The Centers for Disease Control reports that men having sex with men are 2% of the population, but are nearly 70% of the new AIDS cases every year.  My best friend in childhood was killed by AIDS that he contracted from same-sex relationships.
2. “The tissues that God designed for waste management purposes will not stand up to the punishment that this kind of activity inflicts.
3. “As a Christian, he should know that God’s Word strictly forbids homosexuality.”

We talked for about 20 or 30 minutes.  Another student stood and listened, without comment.  After I answered all of his questions, we shook hands and he left.

I don’t know how God will use the encounter.  I don’t know if this young man will repent and let God put him on a better path.  But at least I loved him enough to tell him the truth.  And nobody was harmed in the process.

Pictures and peaceful Christian pro-lifers open the eyes of misinformed students.

Deceitful men want to keep their options, weak pro-lifers refuse to evangelize, but strong women keep their children and excel in their careers.

Ignoring the Great Commission.  “I believe abortion is wrong but also it is wrong for me to tell anyone what they should do.” Good thing the Apostles didn’t feel that way.

Legislating morality.  “We shouldn’t legislate morality,” she told CBR volunteer Anne.  Anne replied, “All legislation, even traffic laws are legislating morality.”  “Well you have a point!” the young woman admitted.

Jesus was right.  Again.  A female police officer had a 12 year old girl.  She had her daughter when was 16.  The father of the baby and her own father thought she should abort.  But she did what she had to do to make it happen.  Now she has a beautiful daughter.  And a career.  Reminds us of Matthew 6:33:  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

It’s all about feewings!  “The fetus is only a baby when the mom feels like it is,” she said.

Honest presumptions.  “It’s part of her body.  And you believe it has a soul, but the rest of us don’t,” the older man said.  Maggie replied, “I didn’t say anything about a soul.”  He put his hand out and said, “I’m just going to make presumptions about what you believe, and I’m not interested in having a longer conversation.” At least he was honest.

HIS options.  “Yes it should be legal.  Because I like having the option!” the young man said.  Ladies take note.  If he gets you pregnant he will want to exercise his options.  You and your baby won’t stand a chance.

Kind words and pictures make the difference.  “The only reason I support abortion is because I don’t believe they are human yet.”  After a discussion with CBR staffer Mik’aela Raymond and a peek at the fetal development sign, she softened. “I did not expect you to be nice and informative.  Seeing the pictures make me think abortion is more wrong than I thought.”

Students began to try to block our signs, put the University forced them to relocate.  The University has learned from experience that we will defend our speech rights and those of pro-life students.

From our Spring 2018 GAP at the University of Tennessee.

Conclusions before evidence.  “I think abortion should be legal up until 6 weeks but not until 9 months. I really don’t know when I would say it’s wrong because I have not studied the development of the baby.”

Killed by “careful” parents.  A parent said, “It’s really sad.  That is why I tell my girls to be careful and not get pregnant in the first place.”  The logic is flawed, because there are many children killed every day that were created by parents who were being “careful.”

Pregnant “men” and favorite races.  Like Forest Gump (or somebody) said, “GAP is like a box of chock-lits.  Ya neva know watt you’re gonna gay-ette.”

Male student: “If I were a female on the way to becoming a male and was pregnant, would abortion be OK?”  CBR staffer Jane replied: “No.”  Student: “If I want to raise the child, once I’m a man, is that OK?” Jane: “YES!”  (The ideal would be a father and a mother, but most of us would choose any living arrangement over being decapitated and dismembered.)

Student: “One other question.  What is your favorite race?”   Jane: “The Human Race.”  Student: “I like your answer!”

Gaining consistency.  A young man tried the bodily autonomy argument except he didn’t support third trimester abortion. Mik’aela convinced him that wasn’t consistent, but unfortunately, he switched to supporting abortion through all 9 months to maintain consistency.  That may seem like a negative, but historians agree that Martin Luther King was effective because he pushed people out of the middle and forced them to take a side.  Ultimately, muddle-headed thinking is detrimental to our cause.

It’s all relative.  One young man wouldn’t consider abortion or anything wrong because morality is relative without a god, universe or higher power.  And according to him there isn’t one.  Of course, he would change his a-moral position very quickly if you stole his smartphone.

Abortion photos spark reactions at Tennessee Tech.  Without pictures, abortion is easy to ignore.

There were some weird reactions to the abortion pictures at Tennessee Tech, but there were also some good ones.

Not much of an evangelist.  Dillon said, “I’m a Christian and I believe child killing is wrong, but I believe it is wrong for me to tell anyone what they should believe.”  (Dillon must have forgotten that part in the Bible where it says to stand against child sacrifice.)

Rephrasing the question.  “I’m a Christian and I believe abortion is wrong, but if we outlawed this option what options would we have to offer?” Trevor asked.  Tony told him, “The option you are talking about keeping in place is child killing, so do you believe we should keep child killing legal?”  Answer: “Well if you say it that way, ‘No.’”  (We do say it that way.)

What kind of Bible study if he running?  “I’m a Christian and I do Bible studies but I believe abortion should be legal.”  (We wonder what Bible he is studying.)

Understanding the gravity.  Andrew said, “I was raised pro-life and have never wavered.  But I never understood the gravity of the act until I saw your pictures.  I cannot let this go.  These pictures make my beliefs more real and more heart-breaking.”

International support.  “Thanks for what you are doing,” Truedor from Napal said.

Evil begets more evil.  “I was sexually abused since the time I was 4, and if it weren’t for abortion, I would not be here.”

Can we undo what God has done?  Bassom from Egypt said, “I agree with you; abortion is wrong.  But what if the child is severely ill?”   CBR volunteer Tony replied, “Do you believe in God?”  Bassom: “Yes.”  Tony: “Well if God is the giver of life and He is the one that opens and closes the womb, then should we kill what he gives?”  Bassom: “No.”

A rather peculiar girl.  “The UN doesn’t specifically say that abortion is genocide so it cannot be genocide…  It is OK to kill babies up to 4 months if the mother cannot handle the baby or if the baby has become a financial burden. … ALL babies should be aborted to reduce the world population to nothing.”

Bill Boyer asked her if she was will to sign up for the depopulation suicide squad.  To that she had to pause and think.  She finally mused, “I’d rather be dead than in school.”  But then she said, “I’m studying medicine so that I can work for Planned Parenthood one day. I enjoy killing babies.”

She might need a psych evaluation before she starts her medical career.  More than that, she needs our prayers.

Perspectives of the abused.  An older man came to the child abuse picture and just stopped to look.  He told Mik’aela that he had been abused by 3 different people. “But to abuse a child who can’t even run away or anything is the worst.  Thank you for being here.”

We get a lot of great support at the University of Tennessee.

There were some beautiful gems at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville during our Spring 2018 visit.

Planting the seeds, reaping the harvest.  “Last year I was mad at you,” Nola said.  “But I did some studying and realized abortion is wrong.  Preborn children should have a chance to live.”

Future pro-life lawyer.  “I’m studying to be a lawyer so I can fight against abortion.  Thanks for display.  May I have some pro-life buttons?”

We’ll take your baby.  A young woman asked if one of us would adopt her baby.  She said she had an abortion scheduled, but seeing the pictures she was hoping for another option.  CBR volunteer Tony replied, “YES!  Bring your baby here and we will keep her until you should want to come back and get your child,” he said.  We’re all praying for this young woman and her baby.

Experience reveals the truth.  “You guys are doing a great job,” Eric said.  He and his wife had two little girls who were born weighing one pound.  They were perfect.  That changed his whole perspective and even influenced his friends.  “They were people,” he said.

Campus pilgrimage.  Kaiya walked out of her way to find GAP after she heard about a pro-life group being on campus.  She was a freshman and wanted to be a neo-natal nurse.  She was pro-life and she made sure to let her pro-abortion roommates know where she stood.

Shocked by [Perverted] Sex Week.  We often schedule our trip to the University of Tennessee to coincide with [Perverted] Sex Week, an annual event.  “We are so glad you are here!” a visiting mother with her daughter said.  “My daughter is looking at UT to come here.  Did you see all the signs for “Sex Week?”  We can’t believe it!”

Glad his mom chose life!  A young male student asked, “How can anyone see this and think it is good?  I am glad my mother didn’t do this to me!  I am so glad you are here.”

Thanks from the other side.  “Thank you for being here with real information,” the pro-abortion young woman.  She was glad that people were being informed about what choice actually meant.  Forest Gump was absolutely right when he said, “GAP is like a box of chock-lits.  Ya neva know watt your gonna gay-ette.”

Exceeding expectations.  “I want to shake your hand.  My sister was suspected to have autism before she was born.  My mother chose not to abort.  Now my sister is in med school.”

Mik’aela Raymond was not breathing when she was born.  Does that mean she wasn’t alive?

There were varying reactions to the abortion pictures at Appalachian State University. Seeds are planted and lives are saved even if we can’t see it initially.

Talking to a living, breathing example.  “The baby is alive when it takes its first breath,” said the student.  CBR staffer Mik’aela Raymond described her own birth, “When I was born I wasn’t breathing.”

“OK, that is a little tricky,” the young woman admitted.  “I do have to think about that.”

Excuses, Excuses.  Samuel had tons of excuses for child killing.

• “I’m pro-abortion, but not after 4 months.”
• “Abortion is child killing but I’m still pro-abortion because the world is over populated and there is not enough food.”
• “My wife had to have an abortion.”
• “We do not want children, not right now.”
• “Adoption is so expensive.”

Shifting the death line.  “I am pro-choice and would never try to convince someone against their choice.  It is not a person until after 6 weeks when the heart starts beating.”  Upon looking up when the heart beat is detected, he slightly changed his tune.  “Well abortion is wrong after 4 weeks but I would not tell anyone what they should think.”

Pictures important.  “Thanks for what you are doing, these pictures are so important.”

Rape exception.  “I was raped last year, at gun point.  I didn’t get pregnant but if I had, I could not have carried that child, even to adopt.  Otherwise, I know it is a life and innocent and deserves protection.  I have friends who have had convenience abortions and I worry about them.”  Pray for this young woman and her friends.  Pray for healing.

Invisible pro-lifers.  A pro-life student told us, “I’m glad you guys are here.  I didn’t even know about any pro-life groups.  The only group I know concerning abortion is Planned Parenthood.”

In fact, there was a Students for Life student organization at Appalachian State, but they have routinely refused to help us expose abortion, preferring instead to remain hidden and ineffective.