President's Message: Dedicating ourselves to saving lives

There was an amusing story in one of the online news services that was forwarded to me this past month. National Review Online (NRO) author, Kathryn Jean Lopez, related an "animal interest" story that happened in busy downtown Washington, D.C.

A mother duck and her four babies decided to brave rush hour traffic. Luckily for them, they had some saviors. At least two women stopped traffic to prevent the ducks from being killed. One of the women, Jennifer Helburn, even "threw herself in front of a bus" to protect the ducklings according to the Washington Post.

This amusing story takes a different twist when Lopez reveals to her readers that Helburn is the communications director for the National Abortion Federation. Ironic? Yes, but not uncommon that many in our society care more about protecting animals than unborn babies.

Watch the news and count the stories about abandoned pets or animals in distress. Is there the same concern about partial birth abortions or the daily killing in abortion mills, doctors' offices or hospitals across our state and nation?

Also in this NRO story is a quote from one of the other women who braved traffic to save the ducks. Explaining her reason for stopping cars she said, "I realize you can't save all of them all the time but when you're in a position to try, then you owe it to them to try."

Well, we who are so privileged to have our own precious gift of life, owe it to the unborn to try everything to save them from death. I know that many reading this column already devote their extra time and energies to ending abortion and helping pregnant women. We have been blessed in Michigan to have so many gift-giving warriors for the unborn.

One additional gift that we can give to the cause of life and to ourselves is to attend the 30th annual conference of Right to Life of Michigan on September 26 and 27. This issue of the RLM News has registration information about the event on pages 5, 6 and 7. In addition to the informative speakers, the conference is a time to renew friendships and to return to our communities with a renewed determination "to try" our best to protect those who cannot speak for themselves.

I look forward to seeing many of you at our September annual meeting and conference. It will be an opportunity for me to thank you for doing your best to save lives in this culture that often places so little value on human life.

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