Mother Teresa has been quoted as saying, “I do not pray for success; I pray for faithfulness.” Many people in the pro-life movement haven’t seen much success in the past 37 years, but they have continued to be faithful in fighting for the lives of unborn babies.
The January 22, 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade which legalized abortion set in motion a fierce debate in this country. The court decision has not been overturned, but there are signs of hope as we begin the year 2010.
To my elected state officials:
It appears that the regents of the University of Wisconsin have approved using UW medical facilities to perform second-trimester abortions. That means they are using the tax dollars and tuition moneys of persons very much opposed to such acts of child abuse and murder.
More than 20,000 signatures were presented at a press conference at the state capitol building January 27 to protest a plan to begin performing second-trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center.
Pro-life groups from around the state will hold a rally and march on Saturday, Jan. 31, to protest the plans by University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics (UWHC) and Meriter Hospital to perform late-term abortions at the jointly operated Madison Surgery Center.
I am writing to encourage everyone who reads this newspaper to either make a phone call or write a letter to the UW Hospital System. I have put all of their contact information at the end of this article.
The Wisconsin Catholic Conference (WCC), the public policy voice of Wisconsin’s bishops, has written the head executives of three Madison health care agencies to express its strong opposition to the reported plan to perform abortions at the Madison Surgery Center.
