The Silent Scream, Queens-style

The Silent Scream, as most pro-lifers are aware, was and still remains one of the most powerful videos of the pro-life movement. In it Dr. Bernard Nathanson, abortionist turned ardent pro-lifer, describes the procedure using actual instruments, shows fetal development models, and perhaps most strikingly, explains an actual abortion shown in real time on an ultrasound.

Perhaps the good doctor himself never realized that his video would be translated into spanish and shown on a big-screen tv in front of two abortion clinics.

This is what happened today and I could tell that many hearts were stirred. Many stopped to watch and talk - and go figure most people in the neighborhood never realized that there were so many abortion clinics in the neighborhood. Some were legitimately inspired to 'do more' and one young man even watched the entire movie twice in this sort of trance - clearly he had never thought too deeply of the atrocity of abortion.

Besides being at the clinics for the women in crisis pregnancies, our presence also greatly influences the surrounding community, and although the turnarounds are more rewarding and quantifiable, this sort of community influence may be just as important in the long run.