I would suspect that the person who hollered out did so to try and arouse an emotion in one of the protesters, which worked. I would guess that those who reprimanded you did so that you would not lower yourself to the same level of the knucklehead in the car whose gutless drive-by-announcement reflected absolute ignorance and immaturity.
Pax tecum!
It’s extremely productive when peaceful demonstrators, particularly those “armed” with the Rosary, encounter women who are willing to reconsider having an abortion. I have a number of friends who regularly pray and counsel young women approaching a local abortuary; by God’s grace they have been able to help these mothers see the beauty of the child they are carrying and have followed through after the change-of-heart with seeing that they receive proper medical care and other necessities during the pregnancies and after.
No offense to anyone, but I guess I would actually have to see that to believe it. The only experiences I have seen are negative, such as name-calling, throwing things…etc. I think that the stigma of picketing is automatically viewed by people as negative and annoying. Maybe if there was only a couple of women and a table set up with a sign and some reading material, it would make for a calmer approach to couseling the women who are willing to accept. I had a friend who “tricked” me into giving her a ride to an abortion clinic a few years ago. I was up in arms over the whole situation, and no longer talk to her. But the demonstrators that approached her after I told her to get out of my car seemed anything but spiritual, God-fearing people.
It is, of course, “negative and annoying” to those who are having their “choice” so visibly questioned, but moreso to the providers who have a vested interest in seeing that no one is dissuaded from using their services. But I want to reiterate that all the Catholics I know who faithfully bring a pro-life presence to those places of death do so in a very loving, prayerful manner and have met with much success in turning women aside from the killing of their babies (and of their own souls). Such a result is well-worth whatever criticism is leveled at their activity.No offense to anyone, but I guess I would actually have to see that to believe it. The only experiences I have seen are negative, such as name-calling, throwing things…etc. I think that the stigma of picketing is automatically viewed by people as negative and annoying. Maybe if there was only a couple of women and a table set up with a sign and some reading material, it would make for a calmer approach to couseling the women who are willing to accept. I had a friend who “tricked” me into giving her a ride to an abortion clinic a few years ago. I was up in arms over the whole situation, and no longer talk to her. But the demonstrators that approached her after I told her to get out of my car seemed anything but spiritual, God-fearing people.
Thanks for the insight though
Prayer, esp. the Rosary, is the most powerful weapon we have!
I’ve been praying in front of abortion clinics since I was an early teen. My first experience brought me to tears the entire time, because I was adopted and my birthmom had only been 17 yrs old when she had me. The thought that she could have chosen this, but instead chose to give me life and offer me to a loving family made me even sadder for these poor women. The security guard in front of the abortion clinic was very shaken up by my tears, as he kept looking at me the whole time we were there. That was witness enough - to make him think.. And of course, the media will take the exceptions and blow them out of proportion - after all they do have an agenda in mind. 
Isn’t that simply a short form of saying , “Your being foolish.”
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