America's Holocaust

A topic that I feel strongly against is abortion.  I know this is a very sensitive subject that still pervades our political backdrop today.  I believe human life is a gift from God, and no one has the right to kill off babies in the womb--sorry, not even the mother.  I am aware that my conservative stance to abortion is not a popular view.  According to the ALL (American Life League) website, the total number of abortions in the United States alone from 1973-2011 is 54.5 million+ babies. ALL’s statistics break it down as:

234 abortions per 1,000 live births (according to the Centers for Disease Control)              
Abortions per year: 1.2 million
Abortions per day: 3,288
Abortions per hour: 137
9 abortions every 4 minutes
1 abortion every 26 seconds

These statistics include only surgical and medical abortions.

Ray Comfort, Evangelist and Director of Living Waters Ministry in California, produced an award-winning documentary, 180, in 2011.  Ray begins by asking random people on the street who Hitler was.  Amazingly, many young people had no idea who Hitler was or what the Holocaust entailed.  He continues with a series of “what would you do” scenarios that ultimately lead the interviewees to the question, “Do you value human life?” When they answer, “Yes, of course”, Ray counters with another question, “How do you feel about abortion?”  He shockingly compares the Jewish Holocaust to an American “Pro-choice” Holocaust.  He spins the reasoning of the interviewees by connecting their remarks to the Nazi agenda…which makes for a very powerful, thought-provoking experience.  A young woman who seemed moved by Ray's questions about the Holocaust remarked, “What can one person do…I mean everyone needed to rise up against him [Hitler]...”  Ray illustrates his stance by answering, “Maybe everyone is made up of individuals who would say I could never bury human beings alive…” Many of the participants of the film seem to have changed their views on abortion, or made a 180.  It was Ray Comfort's hope that the film would be viewed by millions online to change their view from “pro-choice” to “pro-life”.  Below is a clip from the movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcPG4UAo0Ys

My demonstration is a mixture of activist techniques to include some community-based reenactments, die-ins, and hauntings.  I would organize the demonstration in a crowded, public area, like university campuses or public parks and arenas, to get the most response. I would surround the sidewalks and pathways with children who haunt passing spectators as they walk past--perhaps holding signs like "I would have been such and such years old if I wasn't aborted" (depending on the child), or other sayings to that effect. I would have an actor dress up as a Nazi soldier and hold a fake gun.  Every four minutes, a line of nine people (including children and adults of the community) would line up and get “shot”, with a powerful sound effect, and fall to the ground.  Then I would have a bulldozer on standby roll in and dump confetti-like paper onto the victims, not all dead from the massacre.  I'm assuming I have any means at my disposal. Meanwhile, other participants of the demonstration would be interviewing the public, in the spirit of the film, with similar questions and objectives.  This demonstration would illustrate the scenario Ray Comfort asks his interviewees to consider. As the demonstration continues every four minutes, the public watches and talks with “pro-life” defenders.  Having this demonstration in a very public area would definitely stir a debate that might attract the media to participate in the event.  The effect of the media would actually multiply the message, and get the nation’s attention and thoughts towards the issue…hopefully changing the minds of many “pro-choice” voters to “pro-life” advocates.  There wouldn’t be any real violence, but just the strong imagery from the demonstration.  It is very important that the public and media see a peaceful, but concerned group of activists talking with the nearby  audience.   This demonstration would be considered successful if spectators changed their pro-choice beliefs.  However, this would probably have to been reenacted several times, quite quickly due to the many deaths every four minutes, over a long period of time to see an effect with voters and influence current policy.  Below is the link to the thirty minute documentary, 180, if you are interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y2KsU_dhwI