National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week is approaching as students prepare to educate and inform their peers about abortion.
Tuesday, April 27, begins the week-long project in which young people will wear pro-life T-shirts wherever appropriate, including middle schools, high schools, and college campuses. Erik Whittington of Rock for Life, a division of the American Life League, tells OneNewsNow that studies continue to show Americans are becoming more pro-life, so the organization is taking advantage of that statistic.
Erik Whittington"We're going to sort of ride that train and gain more recruits and just keep spreading the pro-life message that a person begins at their biological beginning and that we should be protecting all human life," he explains.
He sees this as an opportunity for youth who believe in that concept to spread the message to their peers, and believes that the current state of school environments makes the need for it even greater.
"When you have Planned Parenthood in all of our public schools promoting their sexual, immoral, and so-called 'sex-ed classes,' there's unfortunately a high rate of teen sexual activity and teen pregnancy," he notes. "So we want the pro-life message to be in that arena as well."
Each year brings reports of school officials harassing teens for wearing the T-shirts, but under most circumstances, they have the right to wear them. Whittington says Rock for Life stands ready to refer students to legal help if needed.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: April 16, 2010
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Illinois Federation for Right to Life
2600 State Street, Suite E
Alton, IL 62002
Phone: 618-466-4122
Fax: 618-466-4134
Web: www.ifrl.org
Illinois Federation for Right to Life
2600 State Street, Suite E
Alton, IL 62002
Phone: 618-466-4122
Fax: 618-466-4134
Web: www.ifrl.org
