Walking with Love

During my reading of Catholic blogs today I ran across a great article on helping women before and after an abortion on MisterBerns. It is highlighting a program in Australia called Walking with Love, which is an educational symposium on how to help women make the choice of life.

I am not the most overtly pro-life activist their is, but I am Pro-Life. I believe in the Catholic Church's views on the matter. I believe it is not a political message as much as an ethical one. Just like Pope John Paul II had said "I don't believe we need a state where abortion is illegal, I believe we need a state where abortion is unthinkable." The poor women who are in the midst of this decision need to feel like there are options and help to having their child. I believe this country needs to take more time to helping these young mothers and spending more money on education and counseling instead of wasting money of Pro-Life rallies and legislation. People had abortions before it was legal and they will have them if it becomes illegal again. What we need is for their to be options to help these women and not to condemn their decisions. Jesus would never condemn them, he would convince them of the beauty of the gift they have received from God. God is good and He will show us the way. It is not through politically backhands and cultural hate. It is through Love and it is through Salvation.