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A Moment of Silence - 40 Years After Roe v. Wade

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"Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.
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Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm."

- President Barack Obama, Inauguration Speech, January 21, 2013

Today, let us take a moment to remember the lives we were unable to protect. Those lives whose end was neither natural nor accidental. Let us think upon those never allowed to fill their lungs with air. And let us think upon those who have bought the lie that this is "choice."

Let us, in silent vigil, remember the one out of every four children[1] and the millions of woman left with empty arms.

But, let this moment be brief. For, as President Obama has exhorted us, there is work to be done. Let us turn our attention to speaking out against this injustice wrought forty years ago by seven justices of the United States Supreme Court - at our bidding. Let us admit that we are wrong. And let us do what is right, so every child may "know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm."



[1] There were approximately 135,000,000 live births between 1973 and 2013. (data available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstats/VitalStats_Births.htm) Conservative estimates place the number of abortions during the same period at more than 50,000,000. (data available at http://www.guttmacher.org/)


C.F. Brake is a young attorney working to change the culture for the sake of our young men and women. Follow the blog on Twitter (@cf_brake) or e-mail C.F. Brake at cfbrakeblog@gmail.com.
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