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!

Newbie staff member Mik’aela Raymond went on her first GAP tour the Spring of 2018. She did great!

In the Spring semester, we focused our GAP efforts on North Carolina and Tennessee.  We traveled to Appalachian State, the University of Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, UNC Charlotte, and UNC Greensboro.

North Carolina is especially important, because it is one of the most important swing states in our region.

These are all schools we have visited before, but once every year or two is not too often.  New students come and go, so we always get a new audience.  Also, even when we get repeat customers, they often say that we move the needle on their opinions with each visit.

With your $upport, we will get abortion photos on every campus, every year.  With that much exposure to reality, it will be almost impossible for pro-abortion professors to lie to our students any longer.

Check out the press coverage:

• Anti-abortion images displayed on Sanford Mall
• Lean Into It: Sex Week, abortions and campaigns, oh my!
• Letter from the Editor: Why we’re not covering the Ped Walkway display
• Bio-Ethical Reform Club seeking new officers
• Pro-Life Doesn’t Have to Be Scary

Black students seem to find me (behind the barricade, on the left).  Not sure why!

by Jacqueline Hawkins

I have written about the intersection of race and pro-life activism (here and here).  Because I am a “black sheep” of the black community, I am often confronted with responses that my counterparts don’t experience.

Sometimes black students treat me differently.  Some might feel more comfortable talking to me — or unleashing their wrath, as the case may be.  Perhaps some take liberties with me they can’t take with others.  The treatment at UNC Greensboro was especially intense.

Token black girl.  Some black girls accused me of being the token black person on the team.  They argued that this somehow made my presence invalid.  They even said I should be offended that my white counterparts would have me participate in GAP.  (Is there anything black people shouldn’t be offended by?)  I said I have two degrees in the predominantly white field of agriculture.  I asked if it would have been better to drop out of college because my field of study didn’t have enough black folks.  They didn’t have much of an answer.

BET PSA.  “I don’t feel like my voice is being heard!” a black female student shouted at the top of her lungs.  I felt like I was listening to a BET public service announcement during an election year.  Of course, this could have been said by anyone, black or white — I heard the same thing on MTV.  Speaking of catchy PSAs of the millenial generation, another black girl said, “You don’t have a right to make us feel uncomfortable!”  I need a safe space; are there any no-stupid zones?

Guilt Backfired.  Some black students told me, “You should be standing up for the choices of black women!”  I replied, “I rather stand up for the black children marked for slaughter.”  They didn’t have much of a response to that one either.

Return to the school yard.  In the late afternoon, right before we broke down, some black students came to me and insisted that this method doesn’t work.  They told me that no one cares.  I made a sweeping gesture to the huge crowd of students, most of whom had been there since noon.  I said all this attention only brings more and more attention.  People do indeed care.  They persisted.  I told them about Martin Luther King and how our process was modeled off of his actions.  Boy, they didn’t like that; they were attacked by loud, forceful belly laughs.  Reminded me of middle school.  “Whatever, Martin Luther,” they jibed, eyes rolling like marbles.  They left as they continued to laugh and mock me.

Making demands.  As we were breaking down, the belly-laughter students came back and demanded I talk to them.  When I told them I had to help break down they scoffed and rolled their eyes, insisting I could talk to them but just didn’t want to.  Again, I was reminded of middle school, when the black kids would make demands of me and get upset when I didn’t give in.  I politely assured them that we would talk again when CBR came back to UNCG.  To that they said: “We don’t want you back!”  In turn I replied, “Don’t worry, we’ll be back.”  I winked at them to seal the deal.

Just a reminder, I can only keep my promise with your help.  Please do help me go back.

Jacqueline Hawkins is a CBR Project Director and a regular FAB contributor.

by Jacqueline Hawkins

At UNC Greensboro, a young woman told Deeper Still and GAP volunteer Debbie Picarello that she was a Christian who believed God gave her a “choice.”  In her mind, God was fine with whatever she wanted to do with her own body, even if it meant destroying her baby’s body.

She was failing the “choice” test, the test of life and death.

Debbie pulled out the ultimate life “cheat sheet,” the Bible.  This is pretty good: In the most important test we will ever take, the test of life and death, God gave us the answers!  Debbie showed her the answers she needed to know:

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful.”  (Psalm 139:13,14)

In other words, God made us.  He put us together Himself.

“For you are bought with a great price.  Glorify and bear God in your body.”  (1 Cor 6:20.)

Our bodies are not our own; they belong to God.  This is especially true for Christians purchased by the Blood of the Lamb.

“Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil …  I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing.  Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live.”  (Duet 30:15;19)

The choice should be clear.

This was not what the young woman wanted to hear.  She told Debbie she felt judged.  Debbie assured her that she was not judging her, but was giving her the Word of the very God she claimed to worship.  Her belief, that she could do whatever she wanted with her own body and the body of her child, was wrong.  Her assertions directly contradicted the Bible.

It was indeed her choice to follow the Bible or not.  But it was clear how God saw our choices.  There are right choices and wrong choices.  As followers of Christ, our choices are intended to be conformed to His likeness so that the whole world can know him.  Pro-abortion Christians aren’t just dangerous for themselves and their children; they are dangerous for everyone on the planet.

God gives us the answers to the test, so that we can correct our course and pass with flying colors.

Understanding what Debbie was saying, the young woman shook Debbie’s hand and thanked her for speaking with her.

This is so important.  Our most important outreach is not to the pagan world; we are taking truth to confused Christians led astray by complacent church leaders who work harder than Planned Parenthood to cover up the truth.  Over and over again, your support is the difference between life and death.  When you support CBR, you choose life.

Jackie Hawkins is a CBR Project Director and regular FAB contributor.