That
same year, over 1,000,000 unborn human beings lost their lives through
abortion. If we have one open seat to represent every 11,000 lives lost, we
would need 90 open seats at the State of the Union to represent the lives of
the unborn killed during 2014 alone. We would need 5,182 open seats to
represent the 57,000,000 human beings who have been killed since Roe v. Wade in
1973. Unfortunately there are only 446 seats in the House chambers where the
State of the Union is given.
A
White House official said the president told supporters the open seat was for
“the victims of gun violence who no longer have a voice—because they need the
rest of us to speak for them” and the open seat should serve to “remind every
single one of our representatives that it’s their responsibility to do
something about this.”
What
is sad and shameful is that the president condemns gun violence while
supporting abortion violence. For it is just as true that open seats are needed
for “the victims of abortion violence who no longer have a voice—because they
need the rest of us to speak for them” and that these open seats should serve
to “remind every single one of our representatives that it’s their
responsibility to do something about this.”
The
unborn need a voice. They need us to speak for them. True, our representatives
do have a responsibility to do something. But these open seats for victims of
abortion violence should not just remind every single one of our
representatives. They should also remind you and me, because it is just as much
our responsibility to do something about abortion.
So
what can we do? We can graciously share the gospel, study more about abortion,
pray, speak out on the issue, teach others, engage in conversation, vote,
adopt, volunteer time at pregnancy centers, help pregnant women in need, start
a student pro-life club on campus, offer healing and mercy to post-abortive
women and men, and donate money to pro-life organizations.
We
can all do something. Just do something.
