Consider her predicament. Mary is about 15 when Jesus is conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit. Her family and friends notice the pregnancy, and perhaps plan to shield her from stigma by sending her away to have the child. Should the information become public, Mary will be stoned for adultery. Her husband Joseph also notices the preganancy; an upright man, he plans to divorce her quietly so as to spare her public condemnation.

If Mary were to go speak to a modern-day Planned Parenthood counselor, the advice would be clear - her best bet would be to abort her unborn child. Not only would the birth of the child be inconvenient, but it would also put Mary in danger of being punished for adultery and abandoned by her husband. Of course, Mary's real decision, thank God, was not based on pro-choice logic. Because she followed God's will and not the "wisdom" of this world, Mary became perhaps the most influential creature ever to walk this earth, and the most widely honored and renowned woman in history. One could perhaps call her the first true feminist, a woman whose example the left-wing radicals of today would do well to note.

As much as the pro-choicers prefer we pro-lifers stop exercising our constitutional right to protest, this is not a fight we are about to give up easily. The other Harvard students who attend these protests and I cannot and will not remain silent in the face of the massacre of helpless babies. Pro-choice protestors (men as well as women) are fond of chanting such slogans as "Get your rosaries off my ovaries!" Perhaps a few more rosaries are exactly what they - and all of us - need most.

~~Melissa Moschella, Staff Writer

Source: http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~salient/issues/990506/upfront.htm