I am pro-life. I have stood outside of abortions clinics praying, not protesting. Am I proud of it? Yes … and no. I am proud that I have the ability to defend life. I am not proud that I am surrounded by people who protest and bash the women.

We all see it on the news. All the rallying and hateful words that go towards both sides, pro-choice and pro-life. Here's the thing, as a pro-life generation we bash on the pro-choice and act like they are terrible people. In reality, they are just like the pro-life: people who stand for what they believe. Now, pro-choice do the same thing, bash the pro-life for what we believe in. But as a pro-life generation we do stand up for what we believe in and we go to extremes such as yelling and screaming at the women who go into the abortion clinics. That's what disappoints me. That's what gives pro-life such a bad rep.

When I go out to the abortions clinics, I’m there to defend life. Not just the babies, but the women. I believe women deserve better than abortion. Women deserve to know the truth. But the one thing we see on the other side of the street of the abortion clinics are people rallying and yelling at women, telling them how terrible it is to be getting an abortion. Women deserve better than this. Women deserve a safe place to fall. They deserve a place to talk and not be yelled at for what they believe in.

As a pro-life generation, we need to meet both men and women where they are at in life. We need to pray for the women who have had an abortion or considering an abortion. We need to pray for them to see the truth. We need to pray for them to know that they are loved and the child they are carrying is loved as well. Yelling and screaming at them and saying they are terrible people is the exact opposite of pro-life. We choose life, yet we yell at the life that is right in front of us. They are living human beings, and we need to treat them that way.

I am pro-life. I am for every life. I am for the women who go into the abortion clinic not knowing the truth. I am for the women who choose life. I am here for the women who come out of an abortion regretting it. I am here for the women who don’t regret anything about an abortion. I am here for the women who turn away from abortion. And, of course, I’m pro-life for the babies. We are entitled to our own opinion, and we are also entitled to respect others opinions as well. We need to stand up for what we believe in, but do it in love and kindness. We are the pro-life generation, so let’s treat all life with respect.