Tuesday, January 22, 2008

New generation carries on antiabortion message
Thousands flock to Washington for March for Life

By Pamela Constable
Washington Post / January 22, 2008

WASHINGTON - Billy Valentine, whose parents met as activists in the 1980s, was virtually born into the antiabortion movement. Now the earnest college student from Alexandria, Va., is carrying on their message with a twist: persuading other young men to take responsibility and "stand up for life" when their girlfriends become pregnant.

"As a sidewalk counselor, I wait outside abortion clinics until the men come out to use their cellphones. I tell them I'm not there to judge them. I'm there to help," said Valentine, 20, one of about 800 participants in Washington on Sunday for the annual conference of Students for Life of America.
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