Let us begin with HOPE…. I hope everyone has a meaningful Valentine’s Day; I hope everyone enjoyed the super bowl football game; I hope everyone missed the half-time show (all I will say about that); and, I hope everyone saw the ad showing a grandfather holding up a (rendition in art of a) sonogram of a baby in the womb with his hand stuck in a can of Pringles potato chips, saying “even your little brother Timmy” gets his hand stuck. Importantly, and I hope it was not wasted on you, the ad reinforces the humanity of the unborn child, showing a developing human baby and giving the child a name.

It was for fun and for profit, but this is the way we win the hearts and minds. There are both women and men who will see ultrasound images in future, and it will trigger this memory. Perhaps they will realize that what they see on ultrasound is a baby, not unformed tissue. Perhaps they will even form the questions in their minds, if not on their lips…is it a boy or a girl; what will be the baby’s name?

In other happy news, at the Texas Rally for Life, Governor Abbott reaffirmed his pro-life commitment and discussed the State of Texas $100 million abortion alternatives program and the Choose Life Grant Program. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has also announced plans to increase State support for crisis pregnancy centers to $100 million.

But the news is not all good, and we do not expect it to be. We struggle with ideologues, misguided persons, and those who are confused and under-educated. Such is the situation with the AP, which has advised reporters not to use the terms “crisis pregnancy center” or “pregnancy resource/help center.” The AP stated that such terms confuse the public, because the real goal of such facilities is to prevent abortions, so they should be called “anti-abortion” centers. This is so pathetic that it is almost laughable.

However, the lust for the blood of the unborn is also supported by pure evil. “The Satanic Temple” plans to open a free abortion clinic in New Mexico where killing a developing baby is legal up until the point of birth. They plan to dispense the abortion pills, but assert that “this is just the beginning.”

Minnesota has also just passed a law that grants lawful right to kill a baby up until the moment of birth for any reason, and, if a child is born alive after an attempted abortion, it is now lawful to kill it my neglect. So, now we have gone from killing a developing human being in the womb, to killing it if it is somehow born alive. Why stop there? Why not kill a baby after it is born full term? Why not kill a child at any age? Why not kill anyone you do not like for any reason?

Those who have read my book know that history is being turned back to the time prior to the advent of Christianity when pagan communities let unwanted babies (mostly females) die from neglect. Christianity ended that practice. It should be obvious that the current return to paganism in this respect is part of the modern day attack on Christianity and the nuclear family in general. Do we not “get it” yet ? It is not “reproductive rights” and “a woman’s right to choose.” It is part of a plan to end family, religion, morality, and respect for life and human dignity. These must be erased in order to create a loyalty to the state and a society controlled by an oligarchy.

My readers are already engaged in opposition to this outrage against humanity, but we must do more. Let us be educated and committed. Let us advocate from a position of fierce determination that life is precious in all its stages and conditions. The battle for hearts and minds is now fully engaged, and we dare not be slow to do our part.