CHICAGO, Nov. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- Initially, the Pro-Life Action League was concerned that Barack Obama's pro- choice history would carry on into the White House. Now that Obama has won the presidential election, the League's newest concern is that pro-lifers will lose hope. Obama has pledged to Planned Parenthood that his first act as president would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, aimed at eradicating any and all restrictions on abortion in all fifty states. The following is a statement from the League's national director, Joe Scheidler, in regards to how pro- lifers should keep both babies and their own hope alive:
"In the weeks since Barack Obama's presidential election victory, two things have become apparent. First, come January, the pro-life movement is going to be facing the most hostile political environment we've ever known. And second, pro-lifers across the country are turning to grassroots activism as the most effective way to meet that challenge.
"The election results are a call to action. Many pro-life Americans are waking up to the realization that they cannot sit and wait for the politicians and judges to restore legal protection to unborn babies. If we want to save babies from abortion, we've got to save them ourselves."
Three suggestions for what pro-life Americans can do to stop abortion are:
1. Go out to local abortion facilities to pray for and offer compassionate counseling to abortion-bound mothers. Sidewalk counselors save thousands of babies every year, and the Pro-Life Action League is a recognized leader in training these life-saving counselors, and providing the literature and other resources they need.
2. Conduct a Face the Truth Tour in their communities, by holding large signs depicting fetal development and abortion along busy streets and highways. These tours, which are protected by the First Amendment, show the truth about abortion that has been shut out of the mainstream media, and have convinced many women not to go through with abortion.
3. Sign up with the Pro-Life Action League to receive the practical information and hands-on materials you need to effectively share the pro-life message with friends, family, fellow churchgoers, coworkers and neighbors.
"From the beginning, my mission has been to mobilize opposition to abortion on the local level. When a pro-lifer reaches out to an abortion-bound mother and gives her the help she needs to choose life, Roe v. Wade has been overturned for that baby.
"What's always been needed is pro-life evangelism. It is our duty as citizens and as Christians to changes hearts on abortion, one by one. And that's just what we're going to do during the Obama presidency."
