What this next generation can do to promote a positive prolife message by Ricky Tanis

[Editor’s Note: Ricky Tanis is the winner of the Right to Life of Michigan Prolife Youth Award. Below is an excerpt of an essay Ricky wrote about what the next generation can do to promote a positive prolife message.]

When I was young the concept of square roots was too much for me to fathom, but as I progressed through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, square roots did not seem so impossible. This is the same way that students should progress in their prolife education. We don’t start out being able to witness to a pro-abortion companion. We start out by educating ourselves.

Once armed with the basics, students should take the opportunity to speak or write prolife papers, to attend talks and conferences and to check out prolife websites and groups. Promoting a positive prolife message is not something you can learn to do overnight, anymore than mastering square roots. With knowledge and confidence, you can be a confident voice for the prolife message. People will listen to a calm, rational person longer than to someone yelling statistics at them. I feel this is key to reaching others about this issue.

Start by learning the truth about life issues. Then speak up! Once you understand what is at the heart of this dispute you will learn how important each voice is. Commit to being 100 percent prolife; get a bumper-sticker and some prolife T-shirts. Speak, not only with words but with your actions and decisions. If the next generation will follow this proven path, they will be able to communicate a positive prolife message when the opportunity presents itself!

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