As a fellow pro-lifer, I was very impressed with Bill English’s Jan. 24, 2005 column. However, I wish he would have covered the whole contract in being a card-carrying member of the culture of life.
Actually, it is very hard to be pro-life. It definitely means more than once a year marching in Washington. It means being willing to pay more taxes to provide adequate healthcare to children. It means suporting a living wage. It means opposing the death penalty. It means opposing a meaningless war in Iraq. It means lobbying for life-saving medications for AIDS victims in Africa.
What many in the pro-life movement fail to grasp is that being pro-life means protecting the dignity of every individual, from the unborn child to the convicted prisoner. Indeed, it is very difficult truly to be pro-life. This is the reason why both political parties are lacking in this area.
I may be cynical, but I will be convinced of the sincerity of outspoken pro-lifers like English when I see them demonstrating against the war in Iraq.
Joseph Ingemi
Grad ’07
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