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NTRL has not had much success in the 33 years since Roe v Wade. My husband and I have been active in the pro-life movement for the last 30 years, and we had never heard of the partial-birth procedure until a few years ago when NRTL started sending out fundraising letters describing the procedure. It seems at that time, they ceased trying to stop all the millions of abortions that were going on in this country in favor of promoting the elimination of the PBA procedure. Now all a politician has to do is to say he is against that one procedure, which I do not believe actually happens, and they can call themselves pro-life. That is what Mary Landrieu in Louisiana tries to do. NRTL also has feverishly pushed for exceptions in legislation for rape and incest, which is promoting the killing of babies because of the way they were conceived. I sometimes wonder if they aren’t working for the other side. I haven’t seen any progress in 33 years, if anything, there’s been a downward slide in public opinion over the years, and they are supposed to be in the forefront of stopping baby-killing.

Well said. I was a longtime NRTL member until I realized finally they focus exclusively on the legislative/judicial arena without attempting to influence public opinion in any meaningful way. In other words, they make no effort to provide politicians with any elective reason to vote prolife.

The result is that, after decades without an effective public relations campaign, NRTL has influenced neither the public nor the politicians, and therefore NRTL has failed to reduce significantly the frequency of abortions. Thus, a donation to them is pointless if one's goal is anything other than providing them with steady employment.

Ive been active in hosting GAP (the Genocide Awareness Project) at my college. Ever hear of it?
The pro-lifers have been fighting with failing tactics for 30 years. CBR and CRTL are just about the only ones that get it.

I have a question: What do you want to happen in regard to the abortion LAWS? I assume you want to see a country and world in which abortion doesn’t happen at all, but how do you propose to work toward that ideal?

I believe the government and its laws should not intrude upon a woman’s body until the fetus is viable (the last trimester). That does not mean I think abortion is good or desirable. But I do not want the government telling women who are two, three or four months pregnant that they must, under penalty of prison, carry a pregnancy to term.

For example, if a 45-year old learns she is carrying a fetus with chromosal deformities, it is no business of the state or federal government if she decides to terminate the pregnancy.

The government should stay out of this issue unless there is another viable life at stake.