2008 Stories

On October 21st 2008, I participated in the day of silent solidarity. I had carried around a piece of paper explaining the reason I was silent. By the time my first period had ended, my entire class was crying and proudly putting duct tape over their mouths. I was so happy to know that I had made so many people aware of what is really going on. My whole day was going so proudly and so well, until I got to lunch. It was then that I had a run-in with a very ignorant person, who in turn called me a murderer, saying if it wasnt for abortion, girls would kill themselves or throw themselves down stairs to get rid of the child. Now, I personally like to believe that the women of America have much more intelligence than that. I tried to ignore the ignorant, rude, horrible and disturbing comments she was throwing my way, but I couldn't. I have a very short temper, but I can usually control it. But this girl just got completely under my skin. So I then made a horrible choice and threw my orange at her and broke my silence. I ripped the duct tape off my mouth, screamed at her and informed her of the facts that I knew and made her read the paper I had been carrying. I will never forget that moment... Because as she finished reading, she held her hand out and calmly said "Duct tape, please." I handed it to her, and I stood there as I watched her put a piece of red duct tape over her mouth proudly. I couldnt believe that I had made such an impact on such a person. I am proud to be pro-life, and so is my new good friend(I wont release her name.) I ended up being suspended for 3 days because I threw the orange, but I've made a pact to never let ignorance allow me to get that angry again. This year, if something like this happens again, I will simply show her the paper, and hope I can make the same impact.

-- Krystal Sprouse

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People were treated like crap. we have over 1,800 kids in our school and only 500 of us wore the tape. we got so many negative comments and the pregnant girls in our school got made fun of as usual. but this day. we stood up for them. my little sister was pregnant with my niece and she was getting picked on by these preppy girls. so me nad like 15 of her friends we were all wearing take and her belly had tape on it. We stood in a outward facing circle around her silent. they looked at us kinda scared. and she said they couldnt say anything that would break the barrier of friends nad love that she had. they walked away. and we alll turned around and gave her a group hug. now she has my niece Deliah Marie. she was born 3 months premature but is the most adorable thing in the world. I'm glad i talked her out of the abortion and im glad we stopped those girls from beating her up. i wouldnt of changed it.

-- Shelbiey Dyer

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April 1976.....

It's almost midnight and I am sitting in the bathroom wringing my hands and wiping away tears. I am waiting to see if my life is going to change or if I am going to keep on living the way I have been these last few months, wild and free, unstoppable and feeling undestructable.
When the timer goes off, I almost fall off the toilet from fear. I pick up my home test with shaking hands and look, but I cannot see; my brain won't let the reality of it sink in. I keep looking, but I am rejecting it. The color my brain denies is the haunting color of blue. I am willing that color to change, but it stubbornly refuses to turn pink. Blue: there it is, my life will surely not go on the way I have planned. I am barely sixteen years old and I am pregnant. Worse yet, I just ended my relationship with my boyfriend and have my eyes on another. My mind starts to yell, "What ya gonna do now...what ya gonna do now?"
"Shut up!" I scream at myself, "I don't know what I am going to do!" All I can do now is hide the test, go to bed, and pray.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have had a heart for the Lord. Tonight, I need answers and I pray, I beg, and I plead, but all the response is the condemning silence. I roll over, feeling that God is mad at me for this stupid mistake. I lay my hand gently on my tummy, give it a soft pat, and smile at the knowledge of the little life inside of me. At the break of dawn, my weary mind finally tires of fighting against itself and sleep closes my eyes.
I awake late in the afternoon and I sneak out of bed, trying not to face anyone. I am terrified that my words may betray me. I walk past my sister and mother with my head down, avoiding eyes and conversation. My mother is smarter than I give her credit for and she has this magical radar that picks up anything at any moment. It is hard to avoid her antennas of perception that are constantly bouncing in my direction.
"Honey, have you started your period yet?" (She always keeps track of these embarrassing milestones in my life.)
"Yeah mom, last week." It is too easy to lie and I'm feeling guilty. My mothers radar is still bouncing off of me and she will not shut it off completely. Something is stirring and she knows it. Mom goes into the bathroom and unwraps all my kotex pads in the waste basket. They give me up as the criminal I feel like, because of their cleanliness. Some how, I thought I was clever in my ripe old age of sixteen!
She comes out of the bathroom, her face is pale white with a sick expression, like she just got hit in the belly by a professional boxer. As she looks at me, I break down crying, feeling my shame envelope me. My mom is in shock but she still takes me into her arms and I sob, "I'm so sorry, mommy."
After our initial shock and tears,we sit down with dad, which is harder than telling my mom. After all, I am daddy's little girl, his princess, as he calls me. I do not feel like a princess at the moment, but rather like one of her ragged servants.
I fight for this baby, because I want to feel this child grow and I want to give her life. But at sixteen, my life is not my own as I find out. I will not have this child, after all, it is not a baby yet, it is just a little piece of tissue and some cells, so I am told. When your sixteen, pregnant, scared, and are used to adults making all of your decisions, it is hard not to believe them so I put my total trust and life into their hands. I handed over my life and the life of my child. Calls are made, appointments are set up with decisions made in a whirlwind of two days. I do not have much time left with this baby, I have to say goodbye soon. I am up almost all night before my little "problem" gets fixed and I write a letter to her ( I feel that it is a girl) explaining why I cannot keep her and saying my goodbyes. I cry all night, patting and rubbing my tummy, talking to a child who cannot and who will never hear my voice. The morning rushes in quickly and even though the sun is shining, there is a dark, stormy cloud over me and it is pouring on my emotions. I refuse to get up! My parents have no sympathy for me on this bright, beautiful day, there is a job to be done, a problem to be taken care of, a life to end.
We drive for an hour in silence with long, sad faces, each of us seem lost in thoughts of, "What if, maybe we can, and should we."
I remember looking out the window of the car all the way up to Chicago with my hand on my tummy, gently rubbing it, watching people on the outside going on with their lives. The life of my baby will soon come to an end and no one will ever know of even care. We arrive all too soon and we walk the two windy blocks to the women's clinic. There is a protest going on today in front of this building. Angry women and men with big, accusing signs shouting in protest against abortion and the murder of children. We have to walk straight through that mob to get in.
My mother wraps her arms around me tightly as we quickly walk up the sidewalk. The protesters see us coming and they know what we are about to do. They surround us and yell their angry words. I keep my head down and avoid all eyes. I do not want to be there, I am on their side, I agree with them, but I am in my mothers grip and I have to go forward. One angry woman steps in front of us and starts to yell, " do you know that you are going to kill a baby?!" I want so badly to stop & talk to her, I look her in the eyes and she seems to see the hurt and desperation in my face. She gives me a look of pity and understanding and steps aside. The others are not so kind or merciful.

The inside of this clinic was cold and uninviting. Nurses were rushing about. Young men had long sad faces, full of worry and guilt. There were parents fitfully pacing the floors, waiting, suffering in silence. It was a place where new life walked in and was then tricked into death. I was forced to see a counselor before my "procedure" and I poured out my fears, hopes and dreams for keeping this baby and giving her life, but she has heard this sob story a million times and some where in her heart, it all became just words, not real people. She politely nodded her head and then sent me on my way. That walk down the lonely hallway was cold, bare and uncaring, I could almost hear the faint cries of newborns bouncing off the walls pleading for a different way!

As I was placed on that hard cold metal table, the doctor who has made a life out of taking it, seems tired and irritable, rushing to get this little problem out of the way. He is very matter of fact, not really looking at me, but rather through me. He hurriedly explains what he is doing as he has a thousand times before, " a little cold, some cramping, over in a minute". Just like that.....over...done...gone...no more.
As he turns on his machine of death, I break down and cry, "Goodbye my little one, do not be scared, I love you!" The young nurse who did not look much older than myself, took my hand and held it as she wiped away my tears, it was the only kind thing that happened to me that day. I feel like the hardness of that environment had not yet penetrated her heart.
In the recovery room or should I say the grieving room, was another young girl my age who had just gone through her own little procedure. Her story was a lot like mine ,but her father was a big politician with a nice career ahead of him and having a pregnant teenage daughter was out of the question. So here she was, getting fixed for daddy. We cried together.

In one short day I had a new life inside of me, full of promise and who wanted to live as we all do, yet she was taken away in a matter of seconds because having her would have been inconvenient for a few people. So she was sent to live her life with Jesus and just knowing that my daughter is with God makes the pain bearable. I shall meet her some day and will finally become her mommy. I often wonder what kind of woman and mother she would have been ,and I have thought about her every week for the last 31 years. She is my child & I am her mother and nothing can ever change that fact.

The end

NOBODY ever gets over an abortion, I know, it has been over 30 years and I still think about her & I ask the Lord on a weekly basis to give her a hug from mommy.

I know that much of the time we focus so much on the act of abortion itself that we look past the person who made the decision to do it & throw our fingers in their face. When my mother & I had to walk through that angry mob, no one tried to speak kindly to us or offer us an option. They surrounded us like hungry lions out for the kill, screaming at us with their big 'holy' signs! I remember when we left the building hours later, the mob was gone, no one was there to help the young ladies with their pain. I cried all the way down those steps, my mom & dad were helping me to stay on my feet as the guilt & pain came out in sobs.
That mob of accusing people left a bad taste in my mouth about Christan's for a long time until the Lord took/touched my heart for His Glory about 12 years ago. He has set me free from the guilt & pain of that day, but my arms & heart still ache for a daughter that I am looking forward to meeting in Heaven some day.

Thanks for letting me get this out. for His Glory...

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-- nancy addie

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I thought that this year would have gone just like all the others. I go around and people say crappy things to me all day, for wearing the tape and not talking. But this year, more people than ever asked me what i was doing. I had a paper written with how I felt about everything, and detailed about everything that was going on, and why i was silent. And that really made people think. That day, more than half of the people who had asked me "why are you silent today", after they read the thing, they asked me for duct tape too. Not just because they thought it was cool, but because they really cared about the cause. I even had a couple close friends start to see the proLIFE way, instead of proCHOICE that day. It was a great success, and i take pride in it every year i do it.

-- Taylor Schofield

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the girls that decided to do this were treated very badly by others. they were mocked, called filthy names and were told all sorts of disgusting things. i am proud of them for standing up for what they believe in.

-- STAND

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MY LITTLE BROTHER JO

-- DAN SORTOR

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MY LITTLE BROTHER DEREK

-- DAN SORTOR

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MY LITTLE BROTHER DEREK

-- DAN SORTOR

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MY LITTLE BROTHER DEREK

-- DAN SORTOR

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I'M A FRESHMEN AT IDA. BY STANDING UP FOR WHAT I KNOW IS WRONG AND BEING AN EXAMPLE THIS YEAR BY 8:30A.M. I RAN OUT OF OVER 30 ARM BANDS AT SCHOOL. I HOPE MY MESSAGE REACHED SOMEONE.

-- dan sortor

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Our school is only a 2A so basically, it's really tiny. There was a lot of tension during the day and for the few weeks after. A lot of teachers tied discussions in with what we had done. In one class, students even chose to do a debate about it but everyone always used the case of rape to defend why they were pro-choice. On the silent day I faced the first form of prosecution in my life. People mocked us and put on "choice" tape that was grey. They also told us we shouldn't need to do that at our school since no one gets pregnant at our school. It was definitely an interesting experience and I think we will be more prepared next year because we will actually be expecting it.

-- Rachel

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This was my first year finding out about this day. A friend in my eighth period had told me about it and i was so excited because i am pro life. So on October 21st i wore the tape around my mouth and was silent for the day. I actually had a lot of people take interest in what i was doing. Also we had the principle send out an email telling teachers that they could not make us take off the tape. The only thing i didn't like was the few people who would taunt us about it. But what touched me the most was that no matter where i was if someone was taunting us about it yelling pro abortion someone else who had found out about it would stand up and tell them to leave us alone. People i didn't even know. That day was amazing. I plan on doin it for the next year and the year after and the year after

-- Jessica

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this could not have qone better.!! im a freshman and even when i qot lauqhed at i still stuck with it. At some points it made me mad because some people were just doing it to put red tape on there mouths, and even one of my bestfriends was sayinq she was doinq it but then she would talk and she did this all day. i wass reallllly mad. I am very pro life, everyone in my qrade knows that cuz i always talk about it and i do whatever i can, this day was definetelly hard, cuzz i talk like crazy but it was way worth it. Im defenitely doinq it next year :]]]]

-- Emiliaa

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My day started off pretty well. It's my first year in college and my first class was Writing/Composition. My teacher is VERY liberal and often makes fun of bush very subtly, but you still know it's a bash the bush joke which makes me VERY angry. I didn't get very much response at all in that class, but a girl that sits next to me came walking in and had the same exact shirt on as me and she motioned to it telling me in sign language she was participating as well (we both had the shirt that has the little girl on it and it says (She's a child, not a choice). I had duct tape on my mouth, but she didn't, but neither of us talked throughout the class which was hard b/c sometimes the teacher will ask us questions. I went home after the class and i went back to the school around 10:45ish to set up my booth. the school actually let me set up a booth! i made a sign that said pro-life silent day of solidarity and i had flyers to hand out. i handed out as many flyers as i could, sometimes i would try to hand one out to people, but some didn't even look at me w/ their head down and walk around me. some came up to me and asked me what i was doing and i gave them a flyer. i even recruited a couple of people! that made me feel really good. one of my friends came by and i accidently slipped up and said hi.. lol but she knew what i was doing and forgave me :) lol. i went to zaxbys' for lunch and had to write down my order.. lol. the guy at the cash register looked at me funny so i gave him a flyer and he nodded, like, oh,okay.. lol and gave me a thumbs up. :D . my next class was at 5:30 and that is a VERY liberal class. the class was Introduction to Social Problems. After class a guy i knew supporting obama came up to me and told me what i was doing was disrespectful. i gave him a confused look and he went on telling me that it is a woman's right to choose what to do with their body. i sat there in silence. he then went on telling me that it's not really "murder" b/c a fetus isnt really "alive". THAT made me mad. he kept on giving "intellectual" facts on how it's not murder and gave me specific details on what a fetus is. that was the last straw. i took off my duct tape and very calmly asked him: "why is murdering a pregnant woman called double homicide, but abortion is not considered murder?" he didn't say anything, except, "whatever, this is lame, and you're not proving anything". i so totally ROCKED that "debate" lol. i can't wait for next year!
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-- Paige B.

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To me the whole experience was just totally AMAZING! I had never done anything like that before. Many people thought that me & others were doing it so people would not vote for Obama. But they didn't see the real reason for doing the whole thing. I loved it. It really just went along with all that we have been studying on Wed. during youth about not being ashamed of what you believe in and to take a stand. I really do think it made a difference in many peoples lives. It was really hard for me to do because I absolutely love talking! But I did it!! .YAY. I do want to participate in it again.

♫♥Eden Stapleton♥♫

-- Eden Stapleton

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So- Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity 2008- Even at a Christian high school, it felt like I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get this day organized. I tried to do promo several times, but my efforts were shot down by the administration for numerous reasons. It ended up with me using the school’s copy machine to make flyers, which, thanks to my friends were posted ALL over our school by the end of the day before. (They were even hanging from the ceiling- it was great.)
Tuesday rolled around, after a lot of prayer and leaning on God. I started the day by having duct tape in our cafeteria. As people saw others donning the duct tape, it spread even further and more and more people, even middle schoolers, got involved.
I feel like I learned a lot. I learned how it feels to turn the other cheek, as people poked fun or verbally disagreed with my cause. It was really hard not to rip off the duct tape and defend myself, but I knew that God knew where my heart was and that’s all that mattered. People think that staying silent for a day isn’t that big of a deal, but it’s really hard, and that separated those who really care enough and those who don’t. I also had several teachers who either ignored it or were annoyed by it because it cut down participation. It made me even more motivated to stand up for what I believe in- because even the Christian adults who encourage us to go out and change the world sometimes aren’t supportive of even a little bit of effort on our part.
I asked God for big things in my school, and He definitely came through. That is one thing that I will never, ever forget.

-- Abby

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It ended up being Halloween day on spirit week for my pro-life day. my principal told me i could personally do the day of slience, but i could not make it more aware with the school's support because of "religious connotations behind being prolife". i handed out the fliers and TONS of people were saying they wish they had known about it because they would love to have participated and it was a wonderful cause. I was the only one in my school other than perhaps one other person who was silent the whole day! i felt wonderful after! at my youth group for church that week everyone was so excited to hear about it and i was so proud of myself for standing up for such a wonderful cause. i wish there were more things like this all the time to make a difference!

-- elizabeth blowers

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When I found out about Pro-life day, I told my friend about it. I asked her if she could text everyone she knew about it. The next day, I saw around 1/2 of the people at my school wearing red tape. Other people were talking about abortion.

It was an awesome day.

-- Amy

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The day before prolife day i was telling my mom about abortion when she told me a story. The story was about a girl. She was still young in her teens when she got pregnant. Her mom wanted nothing to do with the baby and suggested abortion. Heer friends were no help either, they suggested the same thing. The father of the baby was not happy and also suggested the same thing. that much pressure broke her down to were she considered it. The next day she went to the abortion clinic. she was there for a while and looked at everyone who was waiting and those who were leaving. she could not take it anylonger so she got up and ran out crying. after the story was over she paused and then said that he girl was her and that i was the child sh was caring. i could have been aborted but i am still here and well loved. i support pro life and i will always share my story and the reson for pro life.
i am 14 years old and know whats right.

-- leanne constantine

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I wasn't going to participate.

I am a stay at home mom with two little boys. There is no way that I could be silent. Even if I was, no one would know.

However, I do work a lot online. So, I decided to be silent via the internet. Tuesday morning, I put the text of the flier up on all of my blogs and in my work-from-home community, hoping that, at the very most, people would join in prayer for those would could be silent.

About 10 minutes after posting it online, my mother in law called, thanking me for the post. My husband's cousin had sent her a text the day before informing her that she had scheduled an abortion for that Friday. My mother in law didn't know what to tell her until she saw the message of the flier. She called this young mama and read it to her.

It has now been ten days. Her abortion appointment came and went. We have talked to her about adoption. She is now going back and forth between that and keeping the baby. She has three other children and the situation is still very grim. But, her sweet baby is alive, thanks to the prayers that go into this amazing event.

Let me encourage anyone- student or not- if you feel the slightest inclination to participate, DO IT! There is no end to what God can do, even when we don't see it.

-- Brannan

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pro life is awesomeee.
i talked on accident. ha i didnt have my tape on it fell off.
pleaseee put my picture on your myspace.
thankkkkkks!

-- walker

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On the day of Pro-Life, I was a bit nervous. NOBODY at my high school was wearing the tape and or the armband, either because they weren't aware of it or they did not support it. I was alone. But then I realized, I wasn't alone. People all around the US were doing it with me. Jesus was with me, as well as God. In my first class, my friend asked me why I was silent, and so I showed her the flyer. After she was done, she hugged me very tightly. Throughout the day, I got many positive comments from people as well as many nasty glares. I didn't care. I stood up for what I belived and nobody moved me. And for this reason, I am glad that I didn't give in to peer presure and stayed silent from the time I woke up to 3:00 pm. (I would have done it longer, but I needed to call my parents!)

-- Fiorella

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I participated in the Day of Silence this year, after having heard of it from a former friend who no longer goes to my school. I go to an all girls private school with very different views from my own. At times I honestly feel like I'm being bombarded with so many unGodly opinions that i feel like a lone soldier on a battlefield trying to protect myself. The day of Silence was my day to bombard everyone with my views, without even saying a word. I have to admit it was incredibly powerful. Many knew what I was standing for, and many of my teachers showed their support for it as well, silently ofcourse, but one can always tell if a teacher is behind you or against what your standing for. I prompted talk among the student body. Despite being the only student of 400 taking the time to be silent. I cannot wait to do this again next year.I really felt God being with me the whole time, so many things could have gone wrong, so many people could have turned against me, but only few did, and the majority applauded my silent stand. Thank you so much for the opportunity

-- Sarah

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Before I went to my Catholic school that Tuesday, I knew I would be teased by my classmates. Out of many of them, I am one of the most passionate about my faith. Once I got to school, people were asking me if I was okay and why I wasn't talking. Once my teacher told the class that I was doing the Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity, it immediatly started. They started teasing me about my very Catholic views in politics. One kid asked me why I support someone just on Catholic views, and added that it's okay for me to defend my views by saying something about it if I really wanted to. I slowly shook my head and pointed to my armband. The teasing stopped once they realized I refused to talk. Then one girl in my class said, "I want to stop talking." Another also said the same thing. We didn't speak the entire day. Word got around, and now several people are going to do it with me next year! I don't know if I changed anyone's minds about getting an abortion, but I do know that we did, that everyone who participated did, change opinions drastically without saying a word, and that is the most wonderful feeling in the world.

-- Brooke

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I told my youth about the Silent Day everyone was for it. The day before Silent Day, my friend began to discuss of why a child should be aborted and how stupid I’ll look the next day. My friend also had told me that ALL Chinese people are pro-choice. When the day came I was so excited. My first three period teachers liked the way I stood up for what i believe. When my Chinese class came I was nervous for what my friend said. I walked into the classroom and I handed my teacher a handout and she had a big smile like if she was proud of me and she posted it on the wall so everyone can see it. I was surprised that many people that I would think are prochoice actually told me that they wish I could have done that because they are also prolife. and i also made a scarf the night before!

-- Natalie

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So me and my friend Calan got it started at my school. We posted fliers about it the day before it was gonna happen. A lot of people had told me they were going to participate and i was super excited when the principal approved it. ON the 21st i walked to the band hall and for once it was actually pretty quiet. This made me really happy and i got even happier every time i saw red ductape. But as the day went on less and less people remained silent. it was dissapointing. Of course we had people who thought we were stupid for doing this. All the pro-choice people made a point of trying to get me to talk in every class. It sort of became a game to them "lets get the pro-life people to talk" and yes it worked on a lot of people. It was really challenging for me to not talk because i always stand up for myself and friends and i do it by telling people off. Then i realized i'm standing up for the millions of people who COULD HAVE been my friends if they'd gotten their chance at life. I stuck with the silence no matter how tempting it was to talk and i honestly believe it was the right thing to do. All day i debated with students and even my boyfriends dad but not by talking. i used a white board to give my response to the argument.
I <3 Babies!!!
love,
Dalissa Jessal Hernandez

-- dalissa

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About a year ago i got the heart breaking news from my mother that my sister in law was thinking about getting an abortion for my niece.This made me very sad & depressed. I am for pro-life and I truelly did not want my sister in law to make the decision to get an abortion.This also hurt my mother very much and we tried are best to talk to my sister in law to have the baby.The day she was sappose to go and get the abortion,she couldn't do it when the doctor showed the her,her innocent baby girl on the altra sound. I am so happy that I have a niece now and I love her with all my heart.I thank my brother and her for making the right decision,she truelly is a blessing to my family.

-- Jeanine Marchand

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i am 17 years old i got pregnant by my wonderful child in june. i did silent solidarity day because i cant imagine a childs life being taken. everyone tried to ask me why i was doing it and i kept showing them the sign that i had made that day. i would have never known it was that day if my friend didnt come into school. when everyone asked me what it was about i showed them. they just kept trying to get me to talk and i kept shaking my head. i couldnt believe how many people in my school couldnt stand up to what was right. then a girl came up to me and asked me if she can talk to me about it. and i got thank the Lord i got on the to register and read tons of stuff. she currently is pregnant. she had an abortion appointment 2 hours after i talked to her. she just kept asking me questions. the one that i had the hardest to answer was "is the Lord actually there with me the whole time i am raising and loving this child" i said yes of course he is. If i was you i would not get that abortion because it will dwell on you and you can never take it back and that baby you are carrying is the best thing that you will realize has ever happened to you.... and she confessed all of her sins and gave her life to the Lord that day and called off of her cell phone to the doc. office and cancelled the appointment. her mom was really upset but she said i dont care anymore i have the Lord guiding me now!! he'll help me!!!! thank you for hearing my story about helping someone!!!

-- kelle

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Abortion is a big burden on my heart.i LOVE kids more than anything.i had people from school who supported me and others who despised me for doing it.No matter what i stayed true bc its not just one baby its MILLIONS!I think it has opened peoples eyes to whats going on in the world.I leaned more than i thought i would.

-- Mary

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This is the first time I have really been actively pro-life. It has always been huge in my heart - but now I've experienced being a voice to Memphis (without my voice). What a blessing & amazing experience.

-- Emily Marriott

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this is me and my friend,she was doing silent day also but her tape had fallen off.
that day was extremely hard because all day people were downing my decision and i couldnt defend myself. one kid was running around school saying GO ABORTION!! it was really hard to stay quit but i did,showing my dedication

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-- Kaydee

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My friend and I convinced people to take a day of silence, but really I had no opinion on abortion until about two months ago. My mother found out she was pregnant, and I decided to learn facts about what she might do... get an abortion. When I learned the procedure and all the risk, I was devistated. I couldn't let her do this. I decided that I would raise the baby for her because the father was in jail and I knew she wasn't suitable to raise a child. Unfortunatley, she had a miscarriage two weeks ago. I wish I could do this for all of the un-born children out there. My school made us take the tape off, and forced us to talk. But... I had several teachers walk up to me throughout the day telling me that they were proud of what we did. One week ago, I heard the news that a girl at my school is pregnant, and while walking through the halls a good friend of mine said he over heard her saying that she wanted to kill her boyfriend and child for the pregnancy. I will do everything in my power to bring her out of the terror of abortion, but I haven't yet had the chance to speak with her. Hopefully, she will see the light and overcome these horrible thoughts. Thank you for also supporting this cause, and for your participation in the day of silence.

-- Brooke Caperton

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My friends at school participated in the day of silence. I came home feeling good after the day was done, but I didn't really think we had made much of an impact.
Today at school, one of my teachers gave me a 'thank you' card reading:
Dear Pro-Life Students at Citrus High, Your silent protest in defense of the unborn came to my attention through a collegue who was persuaded to change his vote to a pro-life candidate as a result of your witness. It has been said, "God's first language is silence. Everything else is a poor translation." Thank you for serving as a megaphone for God's voice.

-- Casi

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Pro life day was a very hard day for me. My mom was married once before and she was pregnant. her husband forced her to have an abortion. talking about how i feel towards this day is hard for her. She doesnt think it should be allowed for students to protest this issue at school.
I am personally pro choice but for my life i am pro life. i will not have an abortion unless mine or the babies life is in danger.
i got a lot of crap for my beliefs.
my 2nd hour teacher said that she understands our beliefs but she said we had to participate.
my 3rd hour teacher made me remove my tape though he didnt make me tlak.
i cried in 2nd hour cause i realized that day who my true friends are. my true friends let me have my beliefs and didnt say anything bad about it.
luckily one of my friends who was also participating had most of her classes by mine so i wasnt completely alone.

i made it most of the day but by my last couple classes i did talk.
most of my friends said that they believe abortion is wrong but they couldnt stay silent all day.

it was a chalange and this year was harder then last but i think it was worth it. even if i didnt talk someone into changing their opinion, i'm sure someone changed their mind from seeing us.

-- Morgan

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I did the silent day for the second time a few days ago. I go to a Catholic school, and the school gave permission to everyone who wanted to do it, as long as we participated in class. The really cool thing was that origanally, only a few of us planned to participate, but once we got on the tape, a lot of kids asked for tape so that they could participate. It was pretty cool.

-- Daughter of Eve

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Pro-life day was amazing! In the morning my bible study met and handed out tape. Throughout the day it was a weird feeling. Being silent made me feel like I didn't exist... like many aborted babies.. like I was watching the day i'm suppose to be interacting in happening around me. I did end up breaking the silence, once by accident because I didn't have my tape on to remind me after I finished lunch in yearbook, I even get to do a story for my yearbook about the day, i hope it gets picked to go into the yearbook. :) Then I ended up talking at the end of the day when a substitute teacher for my english class saw my tape and then the class ended up having a 40 minute debate! It was awesome and very powerful.

God bless you all!

-- RAY Ray

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I live in Asheville NC and my younger sister and I and my best friend descided to go downtown and do some prayer walking and pass out flyers. We stood infront of the major Civic Center, and than ended up at the Court House. Over all we didn't have any body try to argue with us, they would just get mad and through the flyer away. We had one guy come up and ask for the tape and so we gave it to him. The thing that was so amazing was how beautiful the day was and being able to stand outside with the Life tape over our mouths simbolizing the silence, but really we were Loud! Loud in the sense that we were going to stand for those 4,000 babies that probably died that day no matter what people said to us. We were proud to stand and plan on doing it again and again. Two words though came to me that day. One, amazement; amazed in how people did react, the fact that they didn't react at all. Two, compassion; how we need to show the same compassion, love, and grace that the Lord has shown us everyday of or lives, doesn't matter if they agree with us or not. It was an amazing time, and somthing i will never forget!

-- Diana

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this day was so incredible I can't even begin to describe it
I was the only person on the Yavapai College Campus who participated.... It was so difficult, my school is so liberal, the moment I walked out the dorms and people knew what I was doing that day, heated debates about abortion started all around me, people tried to get me to talk and some people even started making dead baby jokes. I was simply apalled. It was a real test on my part to stand up for something I beleive in all on my own... so many times I just wanted to run into the bathroom and start shouting, cause not talking was driving me insane...... but I did it and felt so amazing afterwards, I'm not sure if I even made an impact at school but I did in my close friends who watched me and supported me.
I'm so glad this day exists and that people do this
I hope you enjoy my pics
Much Love
Hannah

-- Hannah Hamilton

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This is the second year I have participated in the day of silence, and although i was not one of the ones who defiantly saved a baby, I think by participating I rose awareness in my school. As of the night before day of silence I was the only one in my school who was participating in day of silence. By changing my facebook status to saying something about day of silence, i got three other girls and one guy to participate in day of silence. the next day i brought in a roll of duct tape and over 200 of the fliers into school. Many people asked me about what I was doing and a surprising amount decided to join me. By the end of the day I had passed out the 200 fliers, plus 40 more i printed at lunch that day. I estimate about 40 people were participating in the day of silence and about 150 more wore a piece of red tape. Although I had many negative comments thrown my way, I do feel like I made an impact at my school. During all of my classes we ended up having debates about abortion. By the end of the school day I was hearing abortion discussed all through out the hallways. It just amazed me that a lowly sophomore like myself could start this kind of thought through out my school. Next year I plan to try to make day of silence even bigger by getting the word out ahead of time.

-- Kristie Kennedy

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I live in a small town of 2000 and am home schooled so a friend and I wore the duck tape and went walking in all the main areas of town. I would always say hello to everyone so like normal they would say "G'day" and when no reply they would look at my face see the tape and freak and then read then read the shirt. One lady did this and said wait here she went inside and brang out the whole household to read my shirt and to see what I was doing. With the help of some friends we already have 25 teens who want to join us next year!

-- Jojo

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When I got to school that day me and a coupl of girls where the only ones who were doing this. We even had t-shirts. By lunch at least 30 other kids had the tape around their mouth or on them. I was really happy. Next year I know there will be more people.

-- Krystal Saulsbury

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At first, it was like running the gauntlet. I walked into my school that morning as the only person participating in this event. Lots of people had heard about it, but chose not to be silent (because of various reasons.) In my first class, one of my friends asked me for some red duct tape and she took on Silent Solidarity with me. Fourth class, I had three people ask me for tape and I got to 'talk' to a girl about why I was silent. She didn't believe the unborn babies could feel when they were killed... she thought they didn't go through any pain. I gave her the flier and showed her when the brain develops. It was amazing. She just stared at the paper and said a small "oh." She then told me she was against abortion too. From her reaction, I think she made up her mind that day on her stance on abortion. It was great.

Fifth class, another girl jumped in to be silent. At lunch break, I got loads of insults from several different people. They mocked me, tried to make me talk, all sorts of things. Part of a Bible verse I shared that day and I'd like to share now is: "Blessed are those that are persecuted... in My name." I couldn't remember where that verse is located or what was in the middle of it. When one of the guys making fun of me saw those nine words on my whiteboard, he stopped mocking me and started being nice. Sixth class someone told me he approved of my silence.

Overall, it was a semi-traumatizing yet awesome, God-filled experience. I plan to do it again next year, and pray others will too.

-- Gabrielle Schultz

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My day went okay October 21st. I walked past my principal, I handed my a flyer, and he told me to keep on walking. No teachers gave me any trouble either. It was the students who were obnoxious. It was the looks and shaking of heads and laughter that really bothered me, but a lot of questions were asked and I know I made a difference because I talked just as much as any other day-about abortion. =]
God Bless!

-- Rachel

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I have been participating in the PLDSS for four years now. This year, the night before the event, I invited all of the people from my school to the event on Facebook. The next day, I saw about twenty people wearing red tape. Last year, only two people did it, including myself.

I kept my silence during school hours, but had to break it after school, when I did outreach with friends. I was sort of disappointed in two things: 1. there were some kids at my school who only did it because they wanted to get out of participating in class. 2. My friends promised they would do it, but when they came to school, they were talking. I motioned "Why?" They said, "Oh. I forgot this morning." To me it seemed like they weren't committed to it just because they forgot in the morning - I did too, but I didn't let that keep me from keeping my promise to myself, God and those innocent souls I might have been saving.

After school, my teacher debated with me a little bit and said it wasn't right of me to do it if I was just trying to force my beliefs on other people. To which I replied, "If I was trying to force my beliefs on you, why would I be silent? I would do the exact opposite. But this is what I believe in, so I am choosing to participate in this activity. It is not my personal focus to tell you what you have to do based on my beliefs - it's to show you that I believe that killing a child before birth is supremely wrong under any circumstances. No matter what, you're taking away a life that you have no divine authority over." He sat there for a few minutes silently. Then he said, "Okay. Thank you." I left.

I will continue to participate in this because it is my right and it is my sincere hope that I might touch someone's life someday.

-- Lydia Kuhn

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I sent a letter to your legal connection concerning the fact that my daughter and several others were expelled from school for refusal to remove the duct tape. Thought you might like the pictures. This is a silent protest that has been permitted for years but with the new principal, it is now banned.

-- Elizabeth Stuart

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I forgot to tell my dance teacher (who I also teach with) that I would be silent, but her car broke down so the didn't come.

But because she didn't come, I ended up teaching a ballet class by myself SILENTLY. Each girl read a flier while stretching and then was silent the WHOLE class. I never would have thought that I could have done that, but God had complete control over the situation.

-- Janine McCormick

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So on October 21, 2008 me and my friends participated in Pro-Life Day. Well everything was going so good me and my one friend had made shirts and they looked amazing and we made wrist bands. So many people tried to get us to talk but it didn't work. This one girl in my Biology class started like flipping out on me saying "What's the point of not talking? You're not helping anything." Well I got so mad. But I kept my cool and didn't talk. But when it came Biology the next day I flipped on her telling her she that she didn't understand that it was for a good cause and it actually makes a difference. Hopefully she understood what I was telling her because Pro-Life is so important.

-- lauren

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I walked around a public school all day silent. And when people asked why i wasnt talking i would point to the homemade shirt with "Pro-life" written on it. with Things like "*a picture of a cross* He died for your sins so you could live, so why cant we all have that chance?" and "Jesus <3's His children" and "The crazy idea that babies are people too" and other facts and such.
I had a lot of facts written on it.
But when people told me they agreed i pulled out the duct tape i barrowed from my dad, wrote pro-life on it and gave it to the person and they wore it all day.

-- Robin F

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So, I have been getting ready for this day,, for about a month, getting stuff ready because i organized it all for my school.

well it was the day before, my friend(who i didnt know was doing it) had printed out over 100 flyers we handed them out, i noticed that a lot of my freinds were pro choice,, i didnt care,, one of my "friends" started yelling at me the day before saying what i believe in is Bullshit,, and i got so mad i walked away,, and he started screaming,, i let it go

the day finally came, i told everyone to meet at the flag pole, i was silent, standing there by myself i was praying for my day, when my friend hit my shoulder and we cut out flyers when more people came up,, we had a great group i took my tape off,, and i prayed for our day and all the babies we were there for,,,

we went through our day, people respected us,, i loved hearing people say"whats with the tape" as if i couldnt hear them so i would go up hand them a flyer,, ALL OF MY TEACHERS were kool with it,, the school said it was our right,, the only bad thing was people were putting on blue tape saying pro choice,, but my "friend who yelled at me" came out and said "im not pro abortion im pro choice... he was being weird,, a lunch lady was lookin at me wile i was trying to get my lunch,, she goes whats this for.. i handed her a flyer,,, she goes "you gave me chills,, i love what your doing"

i got back to my table,, where my whole table wasnt speakin,, and people kept comming up to me for tape.. and this kid yells across the room.. and said what about her,, she had an abortion,, the girl just looked down at her table,, i wanted to hug her,,, but i didnt get the chance cause i kept getting asked for tape...

it was a great day,, i only broke to answer questions,, and to sing at choir....

when u looked at my school tht day,, in a school with over 4000 kids,, all you could see was red!

HEY LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP i am so proud of you!!! WE DID IT!!!

-- Jessy Lenore

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This was my first day of silence that I have participated in. It was a complicated task for me especially since I'm known as the big mouth. I participated with some kids from my youth group. We were on our fall break at school so we hung out at our church's pumpkin patch. It wasn't the best spot but, it made an impact on me. A woman came up and said, "I really appreciate what you're doing. My sons are adopted and I think so myself constantly, what if their mother decided to have an abortion." It made me think, "Why can't everyone do that?" After a while I remembered that we are making a difference right here, right now. God Bless this day of silence.

-- Hannah

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I don't really have a story, but i prayed for the babies, abortion doctors, the clinics, & the mothers. Me and a few friends of mine plan on writing letters to the Supreme Court about abortion & we're going to work really hard on it. I wish it could be illegal some how, some way.. I want to be a christian that speaks up and takes a stand for the truth, not sit back & plan on everyone else doing it.

-- Jessyka

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I didn't have class on the 21st, and I was home from college. BUT, a friend and I had a day of silence Friday. I had to get help on music theory homework, and another friend of mine came with and talked to the teacher for me. Near the end of our talk, my teacher asked if I had bronchitis (I had my tape on my shirt at the time), and I pointed to the tape. I gave her the "Why I Am Silent" flyer, and she read a few lines and teared up. She thanked me profusely for participating in the day of silence, and told me about how she wasn't supposed to have been physically able to carry a child. Two kids later, she is an avid Pro-lifer and teaches at a liberal arts college! I also gave flyers to several people, and others took some that were taped to the white board on my door! It was fabulous, and I can't wait until next year!

-- Carrie Johansen

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I really regret not wearing duct tape over my mouth. I also ended up not having any fliers to hand out even if I did, so the only real thing that stood out was that I was wearing red duct tape over my fingers that said "LIFE". One person asked, and since I was being silent, I didn't tell them until the next day which was when I gave them a flier (which they haven't said anything about, yet). Now that I'm aware of this event, I'll be able to prepare more for it and hopefully make a difference next year.

-- Joel Isaiah Hunter

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I was one of two student out of nearly 1900 students in my school that participated in this event. I don't know if we made a differance, but knowning that I might have changed some girl's life is good enough for me.
God Bless you all and Carpe Diem.

-- Kylie Parker

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my brothers and i went to school with the tape on our mouths, our arms, and on our chests. we got alot of people at our school to participate in this day. we had about 50 in the morning. we had people tell us to take off the tape and some people that said horrible things about babies but we still kept it on all day.

-- chase

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Well, the long story would take forever and a day to type out so I'll give you the shorter version!!

When I was 19, I got married. My husband has a football scholarship to play football at a school up north. He had just gotten out of the USMC and we had moved to his home town in the panhandle for about 3 months, until the move up north. (I'm from Starke, born and raised, so it was about 3 hours from home for me.) About two weeks before we got ready to move, I found out I was pregnant. When he got home from work, me in tears, I told him… In all my life, I'll never forget the cold, emotionless look on his face. He looked at me like it was a no brainer and replied, "you're not gonna keep it are you?" We sat and talked for a while, and we both agreed that adoption wasn't an option due to the fact that we didn't want our child running around in the world somewhere. (Funny how that would play out in the end) And I've always been prolife so abortion really wasn't an option for me… I started to get really sick a few days later. So I decided to go home for a few days before we moved. He called me the night before I was coming back home and asked me where some paper was… I asked why and he told me he was leaving in the morning for MN WITHOUT me. He left. A week later, my mom drove me 3 hours to pack my things so I could move back home. I HATED life. I was mad at the world, my "husband" for leaving me here and most of all, the small town that I'm from. I didn't leave my parents house for awhile… and when I did, to go to church, I heard all these whispers from people. (very sad but very true) "where's her husband?" and "he's told old to be the father of her child…" (talking about my dad while he would hold my hand walking me down the stairs ) But most of all, I was ashamed to be pregnant, back at home with my parents, and WITHOUT my husband.

A friend told me about MySpace so I signed up… and found out that my husband had started dating a girl not even 2 weeks after he moved up north which physically make me sick. After seeing that, I filed for divorce. My lawyer did my entire case pro-bono WITHOUT me asking. (God Thing) I had heard he was the only lawyer in the area who would let you make payments to him. I didn't have the money to pay $3,000 for a divorce.

And let me not forget my Dr. I was BLESSED with a mid-wife who did an ultrasound every single visit. (God thing again) (This Dr. only took 5 medicaid girls a year, and I HAPPENED to be one of them) IT WAS AMAZING seeing your child grow. The first time I saw him, he was 6 weeks…. Then 8, then 11 (when I found out he was a boy) then 15 and 20. As I laid there in tears seeing MY CHILD… MY FLESH AND BLOOD growing inside me, I remember thinking to myself, if every girl could see this, there is NO WAY she could have an abortion. I then promised my voiceless child that I would start the fight to help end abortion. My mission is to talk every girl that is abortion minded into seeing her childs heart beat like I did.

Then when I was 6 months pregnant, I had a man who had just started his own business right down the road from my moms call and ask if I was interested in working for him 2 hours a day until my child was born. (AND AGAIN, a God thing!!) I was then able to pay off everything I owed to anyone with BEFORE my son was born. Then after, he was born, I was asked to go to 3 hours a day, then when he turned one, 6 hours and once he turned 2, I went to full time. I'm able to bring my son to work with me!! AND I bought myself a house and a new car due to the business taking off.

My ex husband wanted nothing to do with my son and offered that if he didn't have to pay child support, he would stay out of his life. WELL, in the state of Florida, you can't give up child support because it protects the child, not the parent. With the help of my AWESOME lawyer, and my WONDERFUL parents, my mom and dad adopted my son from my ex and I, and I adopted him back as a single parent. And my lawyer did BOTH of the adoptions and only charged me $260 each. (Just filing fees that he had to pay). (A God thing) Adoptions range in price but they normally start around $5,000.

I've felt Gods calling in my life for a really long time… And from how his hand was on my life this pregnancy, I KNOW that I KNOW that I know that this is what I was called to do. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason!! My son is 2.5 and is AMAZING. CRAZY smart. And I'm not just saying that because he's my son. From two of the dumbest people on the face of this earth, we made one AMAZING child. I have NO idea where I would be without him.

There is a lot more little stuff, but that's the big picture!!! Sorry if I talked your ear off!!! Aren't you glad I didn't give you the long version!!!

Not even 20 minutes after that, and I'm really not kidding, I got this email from a girl I went to high school with who wasn't to nice to me...

Becca,
Hey, I'm interested in your pro life stuff you attend. I saw you made a speech and I'm just curious to know your story and experience with being pregnant and now being a single mom. I have a friend who is pregnant and is debating on abortion and I do not believe in abortion either and I'm trying to get across to her. If you feel like sharing your story with me I would like to know. Thanks.

Isn't God good that he sent someone to get me to type that story out to turn around to send it to someone who needs it. I gave her lots of information and offered to meet with the two girls... please keep the three of us in your prayers.... and forward this to everyone you know of how powerful a picture can be!!

For the Voiceless
Becca McRae

-- Becca McRae

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Well, I'm in Middle School so I don't really know if anyone's pregnant at our school or not, but the whole day I was being made fun of for being silent and people kept trying to get me and my friend to talk. We stayed through it and even talked with one of my teachers about abortion and pro-life during recess.
But what really touched my heart was 6th hour, my last class of the day. My social studies class divided into three groups to have discussions, and my teacher required me to participate and communicate. We were sent out in the hall, so at first I didn't talk at all. Then, this girl who really isn't my friend at all spoke up and said "You can just point things out and write them down if you want." And another boy who is usually mean to me kept saying what I wrote down. It really touched my heart and made me think that what I was doing really made a difference.

-- Monica Mackie

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Wow.
This year's Day of Silence was a huge success at my school. Picture this...8:00 a.m...7 freshman walk into school with red duct tape over our mouths. We get looks and stares, but we simply walk to our classes. Our teachers look puzzeled, but don't make us speak, or take the tape off. Now picture this. 3:00 p.m...eighth period...around 50 or 60 people are now wearing pro-life paraphernalia. Everyone is promoting our cause, whether by talking, or spreading the word. The pro-choicers are stunned...this is exactly what needs to happen. Thank you for organizing this. Because of you, we saw God move in our school in a very big way.

-- Jacob

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on oct.21st 2008 at my school HCHS the last period of the day.... i wasnt talking, so someone asked me "whats the point of not talking you PPL can't bring back the dead babies" in such a mean way.... i got sooooo mad i started to cry i couldnt believe this person would say something like this it hurted me so bad..... but ya know that person will get whats coming to em...

-Kendra [thanks so much for starting this website]<3

-- Kendra

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I'm one of those people who loves to talk, always has something to say. So when I showed up to school with red duct tape on my mouth with "Life" written on it and a pro-life shirt, many people were surprised. But theyy weren't the only ones to be surprised. There were a bunch of people with t-shirts and tape on. I must say, it was one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a longg time. The dayy was long and difficult, since soo many people were trying to get me to talk or were just being rude. But it was soo worth it. I was flooeded with questions todayy and many people congradulated me for having such stong beliefs and for standing up for what I believe in. Next year again, for suree <33

-- Joanna

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Dear Stand True Ministries,

This year was my fourth year of participating in Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. What an amazing year. This year, my school got the most participation has ever gotten in the past four years. This year is the year where people outside of my church group participated on their own, kept up with your site and the event without my telling them! I can not tell you how encouraging that was for me (as I've taken on the role of organizing people for it). But this year, this year we got the most crude comments, the most verbal abuse, and the most physical abuse. We were pushed, we were yelled at, we argued with, we were mocked. In fact, a group of students at my school decided to have a Pro-Choice day the day after Silent day. One of the participants wrote on an invite, "Remember we speak because that is the only way we can really have our voices heard! We aren't afraid to speak our opinion." Mocking. But instead of discouragement, this has given me motivation. It's given me more of a reason to take a stand-- to stand true. Praise God for your ministry though I wish it didn't have to exist.

-- Paige Ceyrolles

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Me and My friend Trish spent the whole day together with the tape on our mouths. we are glad we could make a difference!

-- Jennifer

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At the begging of the day i had a little trouble out of the principal. He tole me i would disrupting class, when i wrote him a note and told him that all my teachers said it was fine he dropped it! A lot of people told me they were proud of me. and one girl was thinking about aborting her baby, but when she seen everyone at school, she changed her mind!

-- Rachel Waddell

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This isn't much of a story, but here goes. I didn't wear the red tape or stay silent for a day, I'm homeschool, and all I did was go to Church that day. Standing up against abortion at Church didn't make much sense to me. But what I did do, was the whole day, every time I did something, I thought and aborted baby can't do this, or they can't do this. I almost cried. I kept thinking an aborted baby will never see a tree, never listen to music, never laugh or cry. I spent the rest of the day just thanking God I was alive.

-- Kiara Medina

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Me and one other friend came to school participating and many people were uninformed but still wanted to participate once they found out the cause so thankfully we brought tape. it was so successful that by the end the day my thumb was sore from ripping so much tape, I intend on spreading the word of the occasion much better next year.

-- Evan Ansley

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pro-life day was awsome so many people got into the story about abortion... well me and my friend katelyn handed out lyers to people 2 days before the actual day. IT WAS GREAT!. so many kids stood in silence the whole day.. the part that disappointed me was taht our principal would not let us wear the tape witch i really wanted to do... many kids saying they wanted to do it but that our principal needed a notice of it from our parents... so half the kids who wanted to do it couldnt...i got really pissed of at this one girl who came up to me and my friend with our field hockey team and keeped asking questions...well the captain said..."if i ever got pregnant i would get an abortion".. i was so pissed off that she would have the ordasity to come up to the both of us and say that but we have bigger plans for october 21st 2009

-- vicky

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another thing to add to my other post. i feel led to say this, for some reason. but the devil has a strong foot hold. people believing that its the mothers choice are clearly wrong. GOD IS IN CONTROL! abortion is murder and its taking from Gods children. that aborted baby - they could have been anyone. a daughter or son. sister or brother. family or friend. church member. hero. or whatever. its time to stand - all year! every day! standing KNOWING that God has called us for better days. that He is the only one who can make this happen. this prayer we have for abortion to end... we have to trust God completely! praying for strength daily and for His will and for open eyes and pure minds and boldness!!! praying that DAILY He will move in this nation and world and just provide healing and deliverance. that all of us can be used through Him and that His words will be spoken and we could all be an image of His love. for a revalation. i believe i am called to serve, and i just pray that i am able to be a servant for God. we are His hands and feet! saving lives is a job of the saved lives! lost souls should never be a lost cause! lets step UP! UP our level or PRAISE to GOD! because He is to thank for the GOOD in this world! He is to thank that with HIM WE WIN ALWAYS! THAT THE DEVIL HAS NOOOOOOO SAYYYY!!! NOOOOOO POWER! THE DEVIL IS UNDER OUR FEET! AND TODAY - YES TODAY - LETS BEGIN TO BELIEVE IN IT! TO TRUST! TO FIGHT FOR IT! TO NOT LOOSE HOPE! TO STAY STRONG IN AGREEMENT AND PRAYER! TO LET THIS PRAYER TO END ABORTION ALSO BE A WAY TO WINNING SOULS AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND BECOMING MORE HONORABLE FOR GODDDD!!! AMEN!

-- Kayla Phillips

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You always hear the phase "Actions speak louder than words." But have you every really seen it? I never had until Tuesday. I didn't expect Pro-life day to be as big as it was. I got many students to join me and stand up for what they believe in. People said they would break me from my silence but I simply wrote,"I stand for what I believe in. I am only breaking my silence for the right reason." I didn't crack all day. Like I said I was staying true to what I believe in. Many teachers (even the ones I didn't know) would say a silent Thank You or simply give me a thumbs up, but that little push of gratitude was all I needed to stay silent. I knew what I was doing was right. The only thing that amazed me was that the younger kids were more enthusiastic about life than the older kids. I did expect the younger ones to join in on the silence, but I didn't think they would know why. It was surprising that more of the younger ones knew why than the older ones. The one who were silent were not silent the whole day, of course, I am proud, though, that they went silent again even after they talked. They knew why they were being silent, and they loved that reason! In my school, Only four eighth graders were silent, three seventh graders were silent, and amazingly TWELVE sixth graders were silent! I was especially happy because half of the school knew my name by the end of the day. It was not because I stole a car or robbed a bank, but because I didn't say ANYTHING. I don't care if they knew me from insults, compliments, or as the chick with the red tape on her mouth, as long as they knew who I was and what I stood for was enough. My three friends and I, the only eighth graders that took part, asked our principal and teachers about us participating in Pr-life day. They would over excited that we were taking part in something that we believe in. You always here the phrase,"Actions speak louder than words." Well, my friends and I proved it!

-- Rachel

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So.. I missed it tuesday so i did it on thursday wich is today.And i Am the only one.I have gotten some looks and been stared at but i know it is a good cause!I am 14 And I have a child myself.And I could never even think about abortion.

-- Hannah

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I went into my work tuesday. My boss knew what I was doing and why. When I walked in he explained to a lady in line behind me what I was doing. I had my 4 year old little sister with me. I handed the woman a flier. Yesterday I learned she had passed that flier on to a co-worker. Little did either of us know that co-worker had an appointment for an abortion THAT AFTERNOON!! She canceled her appointment & came into my work Wednesday to talk to me. Praise God!!

-- Christina

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so today was the first year i did this i was really excited. i didn't print out the fliers but that was ok because people figured it out. so the day started off ok i had to talk in my english class cause we had to be in groups and talk about paragraphs i wasn't too happy that i had to talk although i did my best to say as few words as possible. the rest of the day i didn't talk my cousin tried to get me to talk wasn't very happy about that but i stood strong and didn't talk at that point i stopped texted because my cousin was like texting is the same as talking so i gave up texting for the rest of the day. i didn't talk until i had to during my volleyball game im the team captain so i had no choice but to call the coin flip and i had to say my name 4 times and then had to say good luck like 8 times wasn't too happy to that but i didn't talk at all during the game which was so hard for me cause i couldn't wear tape over my mouth while i was playing. i went out for pizza after the game with my team some of the girls on my team were trying to get me to talk but i stood strong and didn't talk i just used gestures and stuff like that and spelled words out with my fingers. i did accidentally talk during dinner i screamed no cause i was eating and everyone else was saying for someone to not do something i felt really bad after i said no cause i had been doing really good to not talk i then said something else i don't remember what it was but i felt bad about saying that too. but today was pretty good i will be doing this again next year maybe i will even wear the tape in class i wore it after i finished eating because i knew it was going to be hard not to talk to my friends.

-- Jessica C.

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This was my third year participating in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity and it was amazing!!! I didn't save any children and I didn't lead anyone to Yeshua (Jesus), but I will tell you an amazing story.
When I was 16, G-d put it on my heart to start a Pro-Life Youth organization. With the guidance of a wonderful friend, Mission: Life was formed off Georgia Right to Life. This year, Mission: Life made it into a public high school here in Georgia, and many teenagers have been participating in it! I've heard that the Day of Silence was a bug hit there. I'm so thankful to G-d that He used me to do His work!

-- Maggie

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When I was 15 I found out that I was expecting, and everyone that I knew (friends and family) tried to talk me into getting an abortion, and my boyfriend, told me that it was my choice, that he didn't have a say either way.

I thought about it, for about a day. When I realized, that I could never kill my own flesh and blood. I now live in Germany with my husband and my beautiful 19 month old daughter, and am expecting again. My daughter is everything to me, and I could not imagine my life without here.

-- Chelsea Kimball

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i got harassed by a BUNCH of people. especially those who didn't know why i was doing it. my principal asked me for my red tape and from anyone else who had it. my friend and i gave him the papers that told him what we were ALLOWED to do. but i don't think he read it. i really do hope that the people who were threatening this year, will change next year. he took away the tape from everyone who was participating, but some teachers didn't care about us wearing the tape. anyway, a lot of kids at my school (mostly my friends or buddies) were being silent. they had respect. i let my friend call you guys on my cell phone in the bathroom. it was really hard and we were afraid we would get caught, but we needed help. even the aids who walk around campus were yelling at us and gave us referrals for the tape. our principal said that we couldn't participate in it, unless we didn't make a big deal of it. but thats the whole point of the tape! to be seen!

-- jade miller

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The day before, I told all my friends not to call me cause I couldnt talk at all. They asked me why and I explained it to them. The majority of them told me I was stupid or that I had nothing else better to do with my life. The others told me I couldn't do it because all I ever do is talk. I never stop talking, ever. And yesterday the only time i broke my silence was for my sister who's baby was saved. It felt so good because I changed someones life.

My friend and I made posters and we had red tape on our mouths. We stood on the main road in our town, during rushour because it was more people. one said "Abortion?..how about Adoption? If I can be saved, so can your baby, If I was adopted, your baby can be too." Because I'm one of those saved babies and I was adopted into a good home. Another said "Abortion is murder..why would you want another person dead? especially the person that came from you."

Yesterday was an AMAZING day. I was so proud.

-- Cammie Wires

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Yesterday was awesome. I saw someone else participating in the hall and when we saw each other, regardless of the fact that we've never met, we just walked up and hugged each other. I don't think I changed anyone's opinion, but I think I definitely educated a few people who didn't know much about the topic, and that's a start.

-- Carolynn Livingston

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I got many people in my school into it
Everyone came up to me asking for a piece of red tape with LIFE on it
I nearly spent 30 minutes doing it, but then was interrupted by teachers.

It's always been such a great experience!

-- Fernanda Ribeiro

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I found this onlin last week! and no one in my entire school had ever heard of it so i started telling EVERYONE and it was an amazing turn out. When i first asked the office they told me i couldnt do it but i kept askin and asked the guidance counselor and i got it done. :) I brought red tape and one other of my friends did too. and by the ned of the day my tape had went wayy down. people joined in all day long and by the end of the day id say 75% of my fellow students had red tape on :) yes, today people were very rude to me and some of my friends, but i would/will definetly do it again.

-- Austin Poteet

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I walked around the local mall and Wal-Mart Tuesday night and got mocked, cussed at, talked about, ridiculed, and received dirty looks. I saw a group of people stare at me and when I approached them to hand them the "Why I Am Silent Card" the one kid smacked it out of my hands and watched and laughed as I picked it up. But then there were moments of encouragement when several people asked what I was doing and were blessed by it and told me it was awesome that I was taking a stand for my faith and speaking the truth! Here are some photos of me. I can't wait til next year! Honestly if it wasn't for the power of prayer and an awesome God I probably would have been very discouraged but "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!"

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-- Philip Smith

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Yesterday was amazing.I told my school about it 1 month ago and i was soo amazed with the turn out. A couple days before this wanted a rough count and i got about 10 people including me. When i showed up at school there was already people with duct tape! There turned out to be about 100 students(out of 250) and 6 teachers. This truly was a day sent from god. GOD BLESS

-- Rachel

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Walking into my school, I immediately caused a reaction. My teachers had previously known I was doing this, so in my first hour, I just walked in with the tape over my mouth and sat down.

People were asking questions, and I handed them the fliers. They had NO idea what was going on. I even had a few pictures showing them what abortion is like.

Today went a lot better than I thought it was going to :]

So, onto second hour, and the same thing occurs. My teacher decides she doesn't like it, calls down Mrs. Hect (assistant principle), and tells me that I could go to ISS, or get sent home, and that she was going to take away my flyers and I had to stop disrupting everyone's education, EVEN THOUGH this didn't happen till AFTER the lesson was taught and we were just playing around in GYM class and talking like we always do. She made me take off my duct tape and made sure I wouldn't hand out any more fliers.

Now, quick question, people can walk around with wildly colored hair, and obnoxious clothing, but when I put one strip of duct tape over my mouth I'm a distraction in class?

It was GYM class, we weren't doing anything!

So then, the people I had explained that all to got angry. They immediately backed me up, and when I was told I had to take my duct tape off, everyone got their own pieces of duct tape and put it on themselves anyways,
and then took my flyers so that they could hand them out instead of me.

My friend Brittany later told me she saw those girls during lunch handing out my fliers and spreading the word of what abortion really is: murder.

Heritage tried taking away my freedom of speech, and everyone rioted and fought back.

Legally, they couldn't of done anything to me, even though they threatened to lower my grades and put this on my permanent record.

GUESS WHAT!
I'm writing a letter to the Saginaw News, and giving ABC 12 and WNEM a call to let them know how outraged Heritage students are, and how we should NOT be silenced simply because of someone's opinion.

I even had pro-choicers backing me up!

so, I will NOT be silenced wen it comes to the murder of innocent ones!

Sincerely, Chelsea

-- Chelsea Stump

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3 people out of maybe 1500 participated at my school. We survived though. In my second to last period, vocal ensemble, we usually sing, dance, act, etc. but my friend brooke and i only danced, acted and smiled. we were learning a new dance when at the end of class my teacher flipped out on us. She wrote us up for insobordination. Although we participated and everything..we still got our participation points taken away. today, we both got called down to our principal and were each given a detention. It's so hard to be in that class. She was the only teacher that gave us grief. It's hard to think about but we concluded that she has been affected by an abortion some how or another because she is usually the most understanding teacher of all.

-- Cheyenne

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Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity had a pretty good turn out at our school. Five freshment walked through the doors with ductape over our mouths and we immediatley had people asking us why. All together I bet we gave out atleast 100 flyers and by the end of the day we had about 30 people participating. Most did not remain silent the whole time, but when they were talking it was informing others about the event and why we were doing it. The principal got mad and started to threaten to suspend people if they didnt start talking, but in the end we got to continue being silent. I was proud to participate in this :)

-- Kourtney Bryant

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The day was quite an odd one for me. I let my teachers know the day before, so every one of them expected my silence. I do not think they expected the red duct tape. Countless people kept asking questions. I did what I could. A friend of mine and I had done our research the week previous, and up until this date had displayed posters on our lockers promoting the day of silence. We also carried around fliers about various methods of abortion. When people read them it really shook them a bit... The day turned out to be silent on a grander scale than any of us had expected. I know of at least 20 participants from Wawasee High School. Lunch was the hardest task of all. People kept trying to get me to talk. Many people called me names such as freak, but yet I stayed silent. I had a roll of red duct tape at hand in case others had wanted it as well. Before lunch started it was nearly full. By the end I was down half a roll! The entire day was full of stares of hate or stares of hope. No matter what I and everyone else kept their head held high and didn't succumb to the rest of the school. We made a marvelous impact that will be remembered!

-- Samantha McQuade

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I decided to not speak in order to protest abortion last year when my friend Yuliana who is really involved with Pro-Life South Florida told me about this silent protest as soon as I was told I immedately wanted to participate. So when this year rolled around I was ready to participate, but as the day got closer i thought about it more and more. I began to get discouraged becuase of the reaction i recieved last year which was mainly either negative or basically no one cared.But at the last minute I tought to myself,and realized that very few people stand up for what they blieve in am i gona be one of those few.and to my surprise i recieved alot of support even by people who were pro-choice, they said they were proud of me for standing up for what i believed in. I did receive one or two nasty comments but that didnt faze me becuase it was all for the grace of God and life. Think about it
if Jesus could handle being beat, spat on, cursed at and yet died for those who didnt believe in him, why should we stop just becasue someone said something not worth caring for.In all my day was a blessing from God just like a life is. Don't give up you guys, keep the good fight going. =]
Good Bless

-- Kathy Mejia

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As far as I know, I was the only one taking part at NAIT, the college I'm attending.

Since I can't breathe through my nose well enough, I can't wear the duct tape, so I tied a red piece of fabric into a bandana sort of thing and wore it over my mouth. That, and the really big red armband.

This was my second year, so some of the other people in my class knew what I was doing.

All in all, it was very uneventful. A good friend of mine agreed with what I did and spoke for me when necessary, reading aloud what I would write.

There were a few people who asked what it was about, so I gave them flyers. One responded with "Right on!", but the rest just gave nods. Whether they were approving or simply courtesy, I don't know. The ride home was interesting. As I walked past a group of younger students, they started complaining about SARS or some sort of epidemic, which I thought was kinda funny. Eventually, one of them came over and asked, to which I responded with a flyer. A quick skim, a nod, and he went back to his seat.

The funniest part (yeah, my day went pretty well) was when one of the guys in our class jokingly said "You think Joey's joined the resistance?" and another guy let out this strange warcry.

Trying not to laugh out loud took some effort, but I managed. :-)

Hopefully, I'll be able to do this agian next year, but we'll see...

God bless, and take care.

-- Joey

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Yesterday was SO cool. I woke up determined to let people know about the cause. I had already let two of my teachers know, but two of them I had to have friends tell. They supported me 100% and even my PE teacher finally learned my name because of it. The only person I really had to be careful around was my mom because she's Pro-Choice and was trying to get me to talk all day (and even tried to bribe me with cookies), but I held my ground. This was my first year participating, but definitely not my last. :)

-- Taylor Haines

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I did the normal, wore the red armband and, but I wasn't planning on wearing the red duct tape over my mouth (even though i had a roll of red duct tape). But once I got to school, i decided I didn't care what people said about me and I wanted to take a bigger stand, so I taped over my mouth. It was the most amazing experience of my life, although the scariest. At lunch, I was walking through the quad with a few of my friends (also had tape over their mouths) and the reaction we got was unbelievable. We got yelled at, food thrown at us, bottle caps thrown at us, a guy actually yelled that he got an abortion, which is dumb. I almost couldn't last, but I stayed silent and didn't let it bother me too much.

-- Nicole Wilmot

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This was my second year participating. At first, it was only a friend and myself. By the end of the day, we had encouraged 3 others to join! When I got home, I made a movie about this event. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVCFjybbX2A . It was a successful day.

-- Jes

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I can't believe what a turn-out we had for the day of silence. One of my close friends megan got me interested when she told me about it. I had honestly thought it was the following week. People kept trying to make me talk by asking me questions. A few teachers tried to get me to talk but I had other people read my answers or just wrote them down. I haven't been able to put my pics up but hopefully I can real soon.

-- Ashley Lanning

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I can't believe how many people participated in it. But then again I also can't believe that so many people fought our silence. No matter how hard they pushed me I kept my silence. I admit this was awesome, I feel more confident now that I will be able to stand up for my beliefs in the future.

-- Ashley

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Wow. Where do I start? Well, let me start by saying, that about one year ago, God showed me that my calling was to become a Pro Life Activist. So this was a very big day for me! I went pro life crazy, I posted pictures on myspace of abortion and video messages for all my friends to watch. I wanted to get the word out. So everyone knew what I was doing. I was alone, here on my college campus, with over 2,000 people...I was alone, but it didn't phase me. I woke up, dressed in complete black, with red under my shirt. I had a black bandanna with life over where my mouth was. I had a sign taped on my shirt that said CHOOSE LIFE, and a paper in my hand that explained what was going on. I was the laughing stock of many. People ripped of the sign that said true life, and started to say very rude and ignorant things. They called me names and told me they were going to make me talk. I didn't budge. I had people come to my dorm and try to kick the door down, till the point where they made holes in my walls, saying that I was ignorant, and stupid. I cried, because it hurt my heart. I did have a lot of supporters on campus, that were saying that it was nice to see someone actually standing up for something. As I was walking back to my dorm, this girl had stopped me and asked me what was going on, because I was crying most of the day. I stopped and handed her the piece of paper. She looked up at me and started crying and saying, I didn't mean to do it! I didn't mean to kill my child I just didn't know what to do. She just fell into my arms and began sobbing, and asking for forgiveness from God. She asked me not to break my silence. Just to listen. She told me that when she saw me I moved her spirit, and she come towards me, that I captivated her heart. She said what I was doing was beautiful and that she wanted to be part of it. We stayed on the floor crying, because to me it was someone noticed the wrong, which was enough for me. As I signaled this "stranger" to follow me, this other girl appeared, read the paper started crying, ripped the page and threw it in my face then just ran away. It hurt, but I knew what that meant, she just couldn't handle the truth. And I just asked God to forgive her. At 11:30 PM I broke my silence to do the Rosary. Overall, my day was amazing. I cried all day, because this really touches my heart. This is something bigger than what most imagine. I asked God to Bless all of you who lost your voices for this day. I asked him to give us all strength because this journey is not easy. But at the end of the day, no matter what happened, I know everyone laid their heads satisfied. I want to thank everyone reading this because you were part of this movement that helped at least one girl in my school. We ARE the reason that all this will change one day. I also just want to say to anyone, don't give up, no matter how hard or mind bottling this can get. The journey is hard and its going to be hard until we reach our "destination." But we need to remember that the most beautiful thing about the destination is our journey there. God Bless you all.

With lots of love and respect,
Darlenis Espinal

-- Darlenis Espinal

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This was my second year participating in Pro-Life Day, and I'll admit that I was scared to death. As a freshman in high school, I didn't want to be hounded for my beliefs, but I slowly overcame that fear. Though I had no duct tape, I had a red shirt and the fliers to give to people if they asked for them. My mom drove me down to my bus stop, where I found a friend of mine waiting. Pumped, I showed her the flier, and she asked for one. She vowed not to speak, and I felt proud that I'd recruited someone.

As we boarded the bus, we had bright smiles and were being congratulated, when another girl on my bus (who is known for her outspoken liberal views) asked to see one of the fliers. My friend eagerly handed her one, while the girl scoffed and said, "Well, I believe this is hypocritical. If you're trying to protest, why not speak for the ones who won't have a voice?"

I was offended by this, and broke my silence to tell her that it was a representation. However, that didn't stop her from poking fun at me the entire day. I didn't let it bother me. Some of my most liberal friends were congratulating me, and I felt great. Next year, I'm planning on doing it. It was a great day and I'm looking forward to next year.

-- Lilly

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I Never heard of this event before until my friend told me she was doing it at her school, and me having 2 kids and strongly against abortions took right to this!
I found out maybe 2 days before and I went around and ran around printing stuff out and buying tape.
The next day at school I asked some people if they wanted to help out and most said no and Some of my friends told me not to waste my time as It was degrating to those women who have had an abortion, and to me and my opinion, it should make them feel like crap.
So anyways, I went about doing this by myself and I didn't talk all day. One girl asked what it was that I was doing, and I broke my silence to tell her and she told me that It was for a good reason. She told me her mother gave her up for adoption and she is in a loving family and she was raised to know it is Wrong! She had a child also.
Me being 19 and a mother of two, never once has Aboriton ran through my head, I did however have one persone come to me when I was 16 and tell me to get one, cause I could live my life better that way and carry on in life without worries.
My Children are now 1 and 2

-- Ashley

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I wore a black T-shirt with a red sign sewed onto the front. It reads LIFE and STOP ABORTION. All day I could tell I was getting funny looks from other people, and it did feel awkward, but I'm still glad I did it.

-- Lai

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sooo this year was my first year ever doing this. it was definitly a new experience! A lot of people just looked at my shirt and were like ok..but once i put ducktape on my mouth that definitly turned heads and got people to listen and acknowledge my point and understand that its important to take a stand for what you believe in! Majority of my school didnt even know what it was! I only know of 1 other person, my best friend Holly Ward, that did it all day yesterday. I actually lost my voice for 1 1/2 hours from not talking! it was veryt weird! But it was kind of like not having a voice such as those babies who have had their voices silenced! I also talked one of my friends out of getting an abortion. which was suprising that i could be that moving. I also had to explaing to a group of younger children what it was about because when they saw me they didnt understand why i was wearing ducktape and silencing myself, i didnt talk i used a white board to write it down for them. It was suprising how eager they were to learn about it! :) well that is my story for pro-life day of silent soldarity for Oct. 21, 2008! I cant wait until next year!

-- Kacy Price

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wow. silent day 2008 was extremely inspiring. don't get me wrong; it was very tough. last year when i did it it was at my middle school when i was in 9th grade. this year was my first year at a high school- with 3,500 people. and there were probably only about 15-20 of us doing it. we got several comments like "what's wrong with you...", "i like to kill babies...", et cetera. many people got duct tape and wrote pro choice on it & put it on their mouths. BUT what was really really awesome was that like i said, there were only like 15 of us... but we were able to cause such a big uprising- everyone knew about it, everyone reacted... if only a few of us stand up like that for Christ every day, how much farther can we take it? imagine how powerfully God can use us to make an impression on the hearts and minds of our peers!
all in all, it was a great day. i plan on doing it next year for sure.

:)

-- Danielle

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October 21, 2008 was probably the best day of my life. It was the first time I'd my school had participated in The Day Of Silent Solidarity. Me and a group of my closest friends all did it. It was wonderful to see people's reactions. Most people were shocked if they hadn't heard about it. It was so rewarding when people would tell me what a wonderful thing it was that we were doing and how they were proud. Teachers would high five me and my friends.
Some people couldn't believe that we weren't going to talk so they'd aggravate us to try and get us to talk. I held up, even through a hair appointment and shopping. When people would ask, I'd hand them a flier or my mom would explain.
It was also kind of funny to see those pro-choice people. They started off making fun at us and saying how stupid it was, but by the end of the day a couple had actually changed their minds. Others put tape on their mouths and wrote "choice" on it, just to poke fun. Those of us for life kept it peaceful and all was well.
I look forward to participating next year.

-- Chelbi Curry

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I participated in pro-life day, and i believe i helped make a difference in someone. The day before silent day my friend wasnt sure where she stood between pro-life/choice. I helped convince her that there is no reason to abort a baby, that someone could love it no matterwhat condition it's in. On silent day she came in to school and took some red tape from me and told me that she's sure she is prolife.

Of course there were some jerks in school that would harass me saying stuff like "haha you cant talk, that's so stupid it isn't changing anything." or if i voiced my opinion on abortion they'd say "Oh my god, she talked!! you're not allowed to talk!" or they would just try to trick me into talking. I blew them all off though, i knew that if i stuck to what i believed in i could make a difference, and i did.

-- Mar.

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I participated in the silent day this year. I was worried because I have never been quiet for anything in my life. No one believed I could do it, but I did have 2 slip-ups. I was talking and didn't even realize it. I did talk to people about pro-life, what it was, and why I was doing what I was doing. I was suprised as to how many people didn't know what pro-life meant. There was one guy who said it was awesome that I was standing up for what I believed in. I was the only person in my school who participated, which made it even harder to do. I got alot of weird looks and some comments because of the tape over my mouth. In the end, it was all worth it. I plan on participating next year as well.

-- Kayleigh

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We had 2 students take part at my school. 2 out of 400. That's not good, but it's better than nothing. Most teachers completely ignored us, sorta sweeping the whole thing under the rug, but a couple let us take over their white boards for "conversations." I wonder if our school will participate next year. We're both graduating.

-- Erin

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Yesterday doing this pro life thing felt really good. only 2 or 4 students out of the whole school were doing this but i knew that this meant a lot and we were standing up for what we believed. I was being quiet until i got to my World Geography teacher, and he said that what i was doing made no sense because it really didnt matter at school because it is like a business and if i were to do that at a job that i would get fired. I still decided not to talk until he gave me an attitude and started picking on me since he knew i couldnt talk. I found not talking wasier than i expected because i am a very talkative girl but knowing i was doing it for a cause made it easier on me to do.

-- Elizabeth

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My friend and I have been dressing up every day for the thirteen days of halloween for fun. We planned out all our outfits ahead of time. I had forgotten Silent day was today but it worked out perfect because today was the day I was suppose to dress up like an angel! Pro life angel perfect! I had some people bring me down today but nothing big enough to ruin the meaning and importance of today of course.

-- Karen

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This year was my first year to be a silent student walking the halls in honor of aborted babies. The vow impacted many, leaving the opportunity for some to ask, "what is the purpose of these teenagers wearing red tape, or being so quiet?" Well the purpose is simple, to increase awareness of what is going on around our world daily when these babies are being murdered. My school had a wonderful chance to go and be a part of the Sarah Palin rally today, and be walking protests to abortion. Many participants wore tape over their mouths, with phrases such as, "pro life, vote life, or just plain LIFE," written in marker for everyone to see. I felt privileged to get my school involved, and support this cause. We ran into several people who were Pro-choice, that were not very pleased with our protest, and also did not like our Christian outlook on abortion. Although some may have disagreed, I was over-ecstatic with the outcome, and I hope many will participate in future days of silence to come.

-- Paige

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I'm normally talking on the phone for hours from 12 to 3AM because i can't sleep, so this morning 12AM it was extremely difficult and quiet. In the morning i did not listen to music because I have a tendency to sing along. At school i was amazed by how many people wanted me to tie a red ribbon and paint the word LIFE on their hands. I admire my friends and other teens participation on this day.Yes there was some opposing people but in all of a days work. I'm happy and hoping that people can see and acknowledge what is going on..time for LIFE time for CHANGE. =)

-- Georgie

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There were about 5 people at my school who did the day of silence. I went over to my friends house in the morning and we made armbands and prayed (silently) and then rode to school in silence. My teachers were pretty chill about it and i got a few "looks" from certain people but most were indifferent. In my third period a girl come up to me and asked for duct tape and added another to our ranks. I spent most of my time in prayer for those women who have had abortions and those who provide them.

-- Isaac B.

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yesterday was pro life day i started at midnight cuz i am up all night yeah i was at a midnight release for fable 2 and yeah i got some shit about it but not to bad a friend of mine ripped my tape off and tryed to get me to talk i remanded silent and just put the tape back on i was made fun of a little bit but yeah then when i woke up at 12 in the afternoon my and my roommate who where both taking part in the event put up a door note so that everyone knew what we where doing yeah there really was no more negative action the rest of the day most every one seamed to support what we where doing we got alot of looks and glares and a lot of them read are shirts the only thing that was kinda bad was at the bank 2 old men saw the tape and read the shirts then started talking loudly about there thoughts on pro choice i had fun letting my actions speak louder then my words and am going to take part in this again and again year after year i am glad i found out about this from my girl friend i love you Britney Neal

-- Devon McDaniels

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Today was a very "interesting" day you could say. Out of the 55,000+ people attending my university I was the only one supporting the cause (until I later found out one of my friends had somehow snuck by the that he was too). I'm attending UT Austin and, in most cases I dealt with disapproving looks and remarks; just a little liberal in that area. Anyway, this matters not for when I first became aware of this Day, I felt an immediate call from the Lord to show my support in this area no matter if I made a difference or not. I managed to get a few people who seemed interested to talk to me, but it turned out that they were just wondering why I looked the way I did; they weren;t interested in the cause. Still, I believe that me, everyone else who participated around the country, and the cause itself came out victorious in the long run. God bless all you who participated! Praise Jesus for our freedom to express our feeling on what we know is right!

-- Calvin Medley

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I had one of the flyers clipped to my shirt so people could read it and know what I was doing. One woman came by and began to read it. A few seconds later, she grabbed it, crumpled it in her hands and started walking. I ran after her and held out my hand for her to give it back. She tore it into 4 pieces and threw it in the trash can nearby, then walked away. I grabbed the pieces out of the trash can and walked back to where I was sitting. Several people who disagreed with my Pro-Life stance were disgusted at the way she had behaved and, even though they did not share my beliefs, respected my choice to remain silent.

-- Timothy Garcia

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I've been Pro-Life for a long time and I was excited to wear the tape and be silent and stand up for my beliefs. At school I got a lot of comments from people, good and bad. it was kinda hard but I was glad that I made it. After school I knew I had to break the silence because the people at my church had begged me to sing at some meeting for sheriff and state rep. So reluctantly I showed up with my life stickers very proud of what I stood for. The first person I see is my priests personal assistant and my good friend. She greeted me with a "What in gods name is that?" A bit taken back by this I calmly explained the day to her. She replied with "Well you can't have that on here." I told her that its a form of peaceful protest and its protected by the first amendment. You wanna know what she told me that enfuriated me beyond belife?! "Well this is church not a Pro-Life rally." So I said ok then I'm leaving... and I left. Again I was volenteering my voice... I have no intrest in sheriffs for this stupid town! I have never been so insulted! I did some research and actually the church has like laws that say that they can actually stop protest and free speach and can refuse you. This is the exact opposite to what I thought my church stood for. But I am very proud that I stood up for Pro-Life and left.

-- Laura Parton

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I am in cooking school so it was really hard for me to loose my voice for a day but it was amazing at the same time to see the grace of God at work. I have done the day of silence before so I didnt think that it would be any different than any other year. This year I had a freind who is strongly pro-choice and decided to mock me for my actions asking why I was judging thoes who chose to give up there unborn babies. It was hard for me not to respond. She even got into things that happen during an abortion it was so hard but I knew that in the end I got her thinking about what I was doing. Even people that I thought would support me today made fun of me. It was okay though because I know I made people think about there choices and what I stand for.
God bless, Ashlee

-- Ashlee Nelson

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10.22.08. I loved today. The day went by smoothly. Hardly anyone from our school knew about it, or didn't know it was today. I wore this pro-life tshirt I made, and had my arm band on my wrist and carried my little flyers. I emailed my teachers the day before so no one gave me trouble. The only times I did speak was to explain to others what the Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity was and what it represented. I got so many throughout the day to be quiet as well. I wore this long red ribbon/scarf as a belt and cut bits of it off to give to others to wear, so in the hall you see a whole bunch of people wearing my ribbons. I got some uncomfortable stares and eye rolls, but I held my head high and remembered why I was doing this. I would pray at the end of class and in hallways between classes. I just loved seeing students in hallways wearing their arm bands and passing out flyers. I gave some to my friends to also pass out and spread word. One of my friends, after I explained when she asked about my shirt and why I wasn't talknig, to get ten others not to talk as well. I thought it would be hard, since I'm usually a huge chatter, but the day went by quickly. I'm a little upset it's over, but I'm glad we spoke for those who never got the chance to. It couldn't have been more perfect. <3

-- Melissa Garzon

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There was definitely not too many people participating today, but it was awesome the ones that did! i have definitely learned quite a few things today after doing this. and my experience at school was a good one. at first i was unsure about this event because i just kept thinking "what is being silent doing?" but my perspective completely changed after reading all the stories from the previous years, so i thought i would write one of my own!

For the most part i got strange looks and could hear people talking about what they saw to each other a few feet away. However in one of my classes, almost everyone came up to me and asked me what i was doing. I was really glad for that because in another, many people thought it was for the GSA day of silence and i couldnt open my mouth to say it wasnt. which was really one of my hugest struggles throughout the day! anyways, in that one class i was able to show a lot of people the flyer and many responded with an "aww thats so sad!" after reading about how many babies are unjustly killed each year. a few brought up the point "what if the mother was raped" and that was probably the hugest time where i wished i could talk and just say a simple sentence:
Why should an innocent baby have to pay for his/her father's crime?
but of course i couldnt so they assumed i had no answer. but despite it all that it was still pretty cool cause some people said they totally agreed or that they would do it but they know they would talk.

I think that this day has really given me a huge appreciation for being able to talk and express myself.
today, i havent texted, i only wrote a few things down, and i only slipped up a little, and when i did i would stop myself right away. but im not beating myself up for it since it wont do me any good! :]

anyways im still not talking and i was really unsure about posting this today because i really wanted to have the full effect of this day, but then i thought it might not still be available tomorrow so i went ahead and typed this anyways.

whenever someone said something my insides just wanted so badly to let out a response. this made me realize something...

the children in their mothers womb know whats going on around them, and can feel whats happening. but they cant SAY a thing. they cant tell their mothers or the abortion doctors to stop. they cant tell them to let them live. so in a way, after this day i felt more connected and have a bigger feel for this issue. because from it ive realized how difficult and how scary it has to be.

and this was something i prayed for today, that God would increase my passion for this and reveal things to me, and that He would also work in the hearts of others. and even if nobody at my school was pregnant and decided not to get an abortion after seeing us do this...
i know that God has heard all of our prayers!

Awesome job everyone! :D

-- Danielle

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So this day was like one of the worst days. I invited a bunch of people to the event on facebook, and one of the kids that is really good at annoying people creates a pro-choice day of silence for the same day, just for attention. Then, yesterday there was a girl who told me that all people who were pro life were christians from the south. What is that supposed to mean??? Also i was told that people who were pro life were all very conservative, and i am actually a pretty liberal person who happens to feel very strongly about pro life. So today, the kid gets people to go around with "Choice" written on blue tape on their shirts. Then you also heard the people murmuring in the hallway, things like "why does he have tape on his mouth?" but that isn't even the worst part. I had a bad day besides the not talking thing too. In gym class, we were playing dodgeball and i jumped up to get a ball, and i hit the bleachers with my back and then when i landed my ankle rolled. I was then taken to the nurse's office and given ice. The nurse made me break my silence to tell her things i could have easily written down if she had given me paper. I was carted out of school on a wheelchair. It turns out I sprained my ankle. I had gotten in a fight with my mom, and I was realizing how inconvenient this timing was. I have marching band that i have to miss, I have to miss the 5k i was going to run on saturday, I have to miss my homecoming dance on saturday, not to mention that that was my chance to see my friend who lives out of state and i haven't seen in ages, and I have to sit out of my FAVORITE sport in gym class, soccer, and I can not start getting in shape for wrestling season, either. I was so mad and so depressed at this, and thought to myself, "this is the worst day of my life". I then realized, wait a second, at least I AM alive, i have the opportunity to have the worst day of my life, and that it is basically what this day was about. It is kind of like abortion, only toned down a lot. I was so excited to do all this stuff and I was getting ready, and then BOOM!! Out of nowhere this comes and I can no longer do them. Its just like a fetus who is preparing to be born and then without warning is just killed. I am so lucky that i just got this metaphor, and not actually killed. It made me feel a lot better, and now every time I think about how I feel unlucky or, I just think of how I actually have this life to live, not only this life, but also a very privileged life, and some babies, some poor souls are not even given the chance to see the light of day, to move around more than a few inches, to even breathe. I think about how some kids are not even going to come out of the womb alive. People say that the fetuses are ripped out of the safety of their mother's wombs, but nowadays, the mother's wombs are no longer safe. 4000 babies a DAY is wayy to much and this has to stop. NOW.

-- Blake DeVlieger

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Pro Life day was extremely interesting. I was the only one in my first class starting out, and Almost everyone by the end of the class period had red tape on. I was walking with my friend in the hallway and a senior tried spitting on us because of the tape and Screamed pro choice. I was told that I was one of two freshman who actually stuck with it and didnt talk at all. I refused. That doesn't mean no one tried getting me to talk, believe me. Nearly Everyone tried getting me to break my silence. It didn't work. This was my first year participating in Pro Life Day Of Silent Solidarity, but not my last. I'm going to do this every year from now on.

-- Miranda Lutz

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today was amazing :]
when someone who was going to get an abortion comes up to you at the end of the day and says thank you for talking to me, i changed my mind you saved my baby's life.
thats when you know it was worth being silent for a day :]

-- Emily

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I'm so glad I did this in 2008. It's my first time too.

Five people joined me today, and I had the red tape, the sharpie and the fabric wristbands ready.

Later that day, I found a couple of ignorant people who knew I couldn't respond put red tape on their foreheads with "Choice" written on it, and some other guy came up to me and said "Well I like killing babies."

I don't care what they say, because I've changed the views of a couple people today, and I am feeling moved and proud of it.

When you kill one baby, you possibly kill generations ahead, meaning you've killed more than one baby. You may have possibly killed millions.

I am doing this next year, because not only is it just, but it is life saving.

-- Timothy Evans

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today was a great day many people looked at me like your crazy. I had my class speaking about it and people saying things that don't need to be said but i still got threw the day.At my school i saw nobody doing this but i had people who didn't even know talk to me and ask and over all this day turn out great.

-- monika

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I didn't sign up to participate in this day till it was actually the day of the event. Once I found out though I stuck to it and even got some other peole from my school to participate with me. People made fun of me for doing this, but I felt really proud of myself for sticking up for what I believe in.

-- Brittany Y.

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I'm so glad I did this in 2008. It's my first time too.

Five people joined me today, and I had the red tape, the sharpie and the fabric wristbands ready.

Later that day, I found a couple of ignorant people who knew I couldn't respond put red tape on their foreheads with "Choice" written on it, and some other guy came up to me and said "Well I like killing babies."

I don't care what they say, because I've changed the views of a couple people today, and I am feeling moved and proud of it.

When you kill one baby, you possibly kill generations ahead, meaning you've killed more than one baby. You may have possibly killed millions.

I am doing this next year, because not only is it just, but it is life saving.

-- Timothy Evans

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This was my second year participating in the Day of Silence. I'm pleased to say that my day went great. I'm not sure how many people at my school participated but enough that by the end of the day everyone knew what was going on. People asked what it was about and most of the reactions I got were 'I wish I could be quiet for a whole day, it's really cool that you're doing it.' Although I wish they'd take a chance too, at least they weren't harrassing me. Although there was one kid who said abortions were 'silly', and that he plays football with aborted babies...God forgive him.

Next year I think I'll pulicize the event at my school in advance and try and convince more kids to try it out.

-- Christal George

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Today, no one pregnant came up to me and decided to give up their baby for adoption rather than abort it. No one broke down into tears. I did get some mocking feedback, however, and even some protest. But I also have no doubt that my message got through to some of those people when, after they put up their greatest arguments,I could still find reason to continue with my beliefs and only look back at them silently.

-- amanda

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I was so happy at the turnout of students that participated this year. I'm only a freshman, and I thought maybe the upper-classmen would think it was stupid and ridicule everyone that did it, as was expected from the teachers, but surprisingly enough, everyone supported us. I recently found out my sister is pregnant, and today, out of all the days of the year, was the day she found out the sex. Since i couldnt attend the appointment, I told her to text me as soon as she got the news. I was sitting in 3rd hour when my phone vibrated and when I read the text message, it said she's going to have a girl! I was sooo excited that I yelled out that my sister was having a baby girl. I decided that I shouldnt feel bad for breaking the silence, because I was merely celebrating the life of my unborn niece. Today was a good day, and I hope next year we can reach more people, and have more participants.

-- hannah

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Yesterday night before I went to bed, I prayed that what I will be doing the next day will affect someone. And then I went to sleep with excitement.

My day started off from 5 in the morning. I woke up and left for my friends house so we can silently get ready together. Before we we're about to leave her house we wrote the word LIFE on our red duct tape. When I wrote that I prayed once again that it will change somebody's thought.

The two of us sat in the bus and communicated to each other by our little whiteboards. When the bus got to school, I was very excited and nervous at the same time. The first person to ask us why we had tape on our mouth was the bus driver. We gave her the flier and she understood. Once we got off the bus everybody walking by were just staring at as. But for some reason it was the most amazing feeling ever!

Once I got to the hallway where my locker is, all my friends came to me and asked me for red tape. And in the next 20 minuets my whole role of tape was gone! I was really surprised to see the amount of people who had the red tape that said LIFE on it.

The awsome thing about the whole day, is people seeing the tape on my mouth and calling me a FREAK. But the most best thing about the whole day was just seeing people around me with tape on THEIR mouth and recognizing how bad abortion really is.

I now truly believe that one person can make a difference. Because with just 10 people from my school who was doing silent day, turned into 50 people.

I thank god for answering to my prayer and letting people know about the 4,000 lifes that are taken each day.

My friends and I are DEFENATELY doing this again next year hoping that it will affect more people.

-- Tiffany Larsen

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Um, well, I went into it with a very positive attitude. I go to a public highschool and am a freshman this year. I was the one who basically brought it to the school, or one of few, and turns out we had like 500 participants. It was pretty kick butt. But, then it all went downhill.
At lunch, The principals came in and started taking up tape. I respected authority and took it off. Others werent so respectful. A few got sent to Detention. One that I know of had the tape ripped off her face by a teacher. I was told later by a teacher that students do not have the legal right to protest, and that our first amendment rights are not protected once we walk in the school doors. I mean, I understand how the tape over the mouth can be a distraction, but a wristband? They basically told us that we dont have the right to stand up for what we believe in! And to make things worse, My school is in the bible belt of east texas.

-- Patrick H.

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I first learned about today when my friend was passing out fliers in my 3rd period and I read about it and I thought this was amazing. I've been Pro-Life for awhile but I had never known there was a day for it. I also didn't know it was a national thing until I got home and researched. But I did remain silent from 3rd period through the rest of the day and I wore a sign on my back that said STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. PRO LIFE. And many people asked about it throughout the day. A lot of people did make fun, but I was glad I had made an impact, even if it wasn't the biggest. I can't wait until next year so I can do something more!!!

For Christ I stand,
Cheyenne

-- Cheyenne

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i was the only one at my school doing this! (out of 2400 people!) i got curious looks, approving looks, and completely dissaproving looks. but the Lord not only used me to get people talking, He showed me that actions really do speak louder than words. i got people talking and discussing and debating with simply putting a peice of duct tape on my mouth!!! i pray that if we continue to stand, they will listen. i pray for tomorrow's 3700. God bless.

-- Lauren

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When I participated in Silent Day, it wasn't the smartest idea to do it at my school. Most students participating in it only did it for the attention, an excuse to not answer their teachers, and to wear the red duct tape. We were only allowed to wear it everywhere but our mouths at first, but then they narrowed it down to one piece of tape symbolizing a wristband, and it had to be on your skin, not your shirt. It was actually really disappointing seeing pro-choice people pretending to be pro-life to start an arguement.
But, over all, some of my friends and I managed to keep the wristbands on your wrists, our mouths shut, and educate a lot of people about exactly what cause they were supporting. A lot reconsidered their choice, and a couple promised to further research the subject.

-- Shelby

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This is my third year participating in the Silent Day. It's a challenge every time. While people tend to harass and laugh at those participating, the day never ceases to do its job. I get questions like "How does not talking help the cause? Wouldn't it be better to speak out be the voice?" Those questions used to stump me. But it is clear that taking the vow of silence makes people think. It forces them to respond. They want to know why. They want to know the issues. They take advantage of the silence to argue their point and to go through the thinking process. It's amazing how those who don't approve and ask "why?" are the same ones who dwell on the issue all day.
This is an ingenious idea, an amazing use of reverse psychology.

-- Melinda Boudreaux

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First off I would like to say that this year, many people in my school were impressed and touched by what I was doing today. I even had a few tell me that they wanted to participate this year.

During this day, I mainly spent the day silent and handed out fliers like I did last year and many people appreciated and approved of what I was doing today. But I feel as if this year happened to be more special and successful. During my last hour today (pe), I was participating in class when one of my classmates and friends came up to me almost in tears and admitted that she thought that she might be pregnant. Seeing her in this state, I immediately broke my silence to comfort her and talk to her about this. After some time, I got her to promise me, that if she does find out that she is pregnant, she would not get an abortion. We are waiting for the final verdict still but if she is pregnant, she has chosen me to be her confident. Cross your fingers and I am glad to say that I actually touched someone today. Can't wait for next year!

-- Sarah

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Today went a lot better than I expected, but it did disappoint me a bit as well. Today is my dad's birthday, and I'm one of those who is committed to not talking at all the entire day, so I had to give him his present last night and tell him not to open it until today. Instead of being hurt, he completely understood and said he supported me in doing this.
I'm the one who organized the event for students at my school, so I've been posting a lot of stuff on Myspace and Facebook, and I received a discouraging response. When there are over 2,000 kids at my school, and 20 students taking a stand and being silent isn't a lot, but the ones of us who did are so diverse that I think we covered all the lunch periods at least, and there were some of us in every grade – from freshmen to seniors (I think the number of freshmen matched the number of seniors, which really made me happy to see that they were brave enough to take a stand).
I was surprised that not many people were interested in why I was being silent. Some kids were just like “oh, you're doing that abortion thing” and others didn't care at all. I was really getting discouraged until I went to my last class, band, and one of my friends (who wasn't participating) told me that a couple of her teachers read other students' flyers out loud to the class and helped explain things.
This year wasn't as bad as last year. Last year I was insulted and saw kids wearing “CHOICE” armbands, but this year people at my school seemed really apathetic. The only problem I had this year was from one of my friends, who I have in several classes. He kept saying, “Why don't you just talk? It's not important.” He treated it like a game, and tried to provoke me by insulting the sign I carried and talking about reasons he would have an abortion if he were a girl. It really hurt to hear him say things like “A baby with Downs' Syndrome isn't worth being born,” but I didn't talk. The surprising thing is that some of his friends (the ones that I thought would hassle me) were telling him to leave me alone, and one guy who I know is pro-choice said he thought it was cool that I was standing up for what I believe in like that. I gave him a flyer and he read the back about the life development facts, and I think he might be changing his mind! He even helped with the other guy by responding to some of what he was attacking me with!
I was expecting a big confrontation with one girl that I know who got an abortion, but I didn't see her. I know some of her friends were being silent today, but I haven't heard how things went. She's a senior, and a role model in the band, and I know other people know about her abortion. One of my best friends' younger sisters first heard about abortion through her, and she didn't fully understand what it was. Her father explained it like this: “Imagine Killer (her dog that she loves). Now imagine him ripped into little shreds, dead. That's what abortion is, only with a baby.” Today the sister was helping me recruit people to be silent, and she is now pro-life. =)

The best part about today though was reading the stories of others. Even if I don't know of any lives who were saved at my school, to find out that there were lives saved (the reported count is up to 15 at the time I'm writing this) makes it worthwhile. Thank you to everyone who was silent today!!

-- Maria O'Connor

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After watching this video, I passed it on to several other people and it has made the difference in the lives of many of my friends, all of which participated in the solidarity movement today. Praise the Lord. Save the unborn.
http://www.cbrinfo.org/index.html

-- Land O' Lakes Christian School kid

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TODAY WAS AWESOME!!!

i'm just a freshmen but today i stood out in my school!
i have a pro-life sign i made with red duck tape and about 20 abortion quotes! in red and black and silver!
I only broke once because this guy was giving me and my friends a hard time about being silent!!! Today we stood for something in my school about 25 of us!! its not much but everyone knew who we were and why we were doing this and most people were impressed! Sadly at my school we can't wear duck tape on our mouths but we had it on our hands and clothes! it was really amazing to see our school come together for a cause by the end of the day my sign had been "heard" by everyone! My teachers even read the flyers out loud in class! Thank you so much for organizing this!!!

Pro-life!
Abortion doesn't make you "un" pregnant it just makes you the mother of a dead baby!!

-- Abby Theriot

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I first heard about Silent Day this past summer at a concert where My Brother's Scars was playing. Right then and there I decided to join in. I couldn't wait for this day and what the Lord was going to do in people's hearts all over the world. I go to a Christian school, and although I didn't wear the duct tape, I wore red ribbons and handed out fliers explaining what was going on. I am a very outgoing person, and this was the first time in my life that I had never spoken even one word. Sadly, many people made fun of me and said I was weird and radical, but giving up my voice for those who will never have one far exceeded any ridicule. By the end of the day, I had at least 5 other people in my highschool join in with me, and there were even some middle schoolers who joined as well. I really realized how it is to not have a voice and I could not imagine having someone else decide whether I live or die while I was powerless to defend myself.May Christ be praised and may this fight for abortion end with babies, born and unborn, being given the choice to live.
Pro-life!
(One of the main passages I kept in mind today was Psalm 139:13-16)

-- Becca S

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I was shocked at how much people actually are ridiculed for participating in this event, and how many people do not take it seriously. I guess now I know the other side of the fence.

-- Teresa

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Oh my goodenes today was amazing! I go to public school so not very many people even care about these things but ONE of my friends (that I know of) did it with me. Actually she was the one who got me involved. Durring the day I had alot of time to think and pray that these pro-choice people will se that abortion is just like thaking the life of a new born baby. Last night I read the stories fron 2007 and I got a little bit confused because they said that they talked people out of getting an abortion but then they say they didnt talk the whole day? Oh well I was pretty much quiet the whole day except for in gym when we played one bounce volleyball (GO OFF SEASON) I know im getting off topic but that just shows that im a HUGE talker and it was hard to keep my mouth shut. Lunch was the hardest. I have a friend that just thinks that ot was annoying that I wasnt talking. She said that this didnt help anything because there isnt anybody at my school that is even thinking about getting an abortion. She says that she is pro-life but still thinks that abortion is okay. She was my best friend in the wole wide world but after practiclly yelling at me and putting me down in lunch I dont thein we'll be talking tomorow. Any ways I couldnt find red duct tape so I tied a red ribbon areound my head. People called it gang affiliation BUT I KEPT IT ON!!!! I guess i could say that I had a good day. my techers really didnt mind and I can definatly say that I am going to do this in years to come.

-- Reagan Vanzura

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I'm so glad I made it through the day, standing up for what I believed in. It was very difficult, of course, but nothing that I, or any of you, couldn't do without will power.
On the way to 4th period, a girl walked up to me, tapped me on the shoulder, and simply said, "Thank you." I felt so proud at that moment, to be able to represent many other people who felt the same way that I did.
However, also on the way to 4th period, two girls stopped me at the top of the stairs. On said, "'Scuse me! Does your shirt mean somethin' about abortion or somethin'?" I nodded, handing her a flyer detailing my reasoning behind remaining silent. She accepted it, and at first I thought I had made a breakthrough. However, moments later, I hear a whoop, "YEAH! I'mma use this to get outta class!!", followed by her friend running up to me and demanding a flyer of her own.
I was so insulted. I couldn't understand how someone could even take advantage of my beliefs for their own selfish gain. It's people like that who prevent us from fully expressing ourselves.
I broke my silence one time during the school day, during sociology (ironically), in response to a statement made by a classmate:
"There's no point in making abortion illegal. People are just gonna do it anyway."
Well, people are gonna rape other people whether it's illegal or not. People are gonna murder other people whether it's illegal or not. Does that mean we should just go ahead and legalize rape and murder too, because it's "pointless" since people will do it anyway? Absolutely not. You have to start somewhere to get somewhere.
I handed out probably half of my fliers throughout the day. I can only hope and pray that my stand will help influence others to put an end to the epidemic called murder.
Thank you so much for this day.

-- Taylor P.

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A lot of college students from Northeast Alabama Community College gathered today to stand up for Pro-Life. Though only about 20 stood, we still had an effect on the populous. Personally I experienced a lot of hate, strange looks, and that "what in the world is he doing?" face. It all made me feel good because I hope that today I saved a life by showing the mothers that they hold the key to a future and they can either let the baby live or forever silence an innocent soul.

-- Josh Johnson

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Today, I had no idea what was going on. I walked through the doors of my highschool and saw people walking around with red duct tape over their mouth. I asked what is this about, someone handed me a piece of paper that read "Why I Am Silent" at the top. After reading it, I decided that I wanted to be apart of it too. Although I didn'thave a piece of tape, I found, that throughout the day,it was harder. It defintely was a good experience. It made me realize that we have to stand up for everyone no matter what size they are.

-- Brittney Johnson

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i had dreams this morning that my day had already begun and i had accidently broke my silence by saying thank you or sorry or whatnot. i was glad to wake up knowing they were just dreams. today, for me, wasnt only about my silence. it was about giving up my voice - something i use daily and often - to take a stand. it was a matter of exceeding my comfort zone and doing the unexpected. it was about prayer and revelation. God has shown me so much today, through my silence. with all the kids who did it (maybe one fourth of my school) i knew i was not alone. and through prayer, and relying on God, the numbers grew! it was an awesome way to see God at work: in our lives and in our thoughts. the silence was louder than any mocking or anything negitive that was said today. it was powerful. God was in the silence. i learned so much today. ive seen what can happen when you are just willing. God has shown me some things, also. i broke my silence three times: it had been nine hours of silence. on the bus plenty of people had negitive things to say. i stared at them, wondering if i should say a word. all the sudden, i said "what?". it was almost unvoluntarily. like God said "okay, kayla, speak." and made me speak. it suprised me... hearing me all the sudden talking and not even aware fully of it. but i did. and because of that i was able to talk to many kids on my bus about why i was doing it and about things like that. i talked to a girl who is atheist. and it was really cool. second time i broke my silence was for the same reason, but at my hair appointment. third time was to talk at my cell group (small group Bible study). it was awesome. praying today was amazing because i know God is answering them in some way. ive found value in things today: in my voice (i had no idea how hard it would be to give it up. i do now.), in friends (without them today, the silence would have just been akward.), in simple thoughts (normal thoughts became so much more, today, as God showed me deeper meanings), and in trust (ive learned that praying to end abortion and for the mothers and stuff is amazing. its a bold act. but today has taught me that prayer has a lot to do with trusting that God can and will answer.) i cant wait until next year :)

-- Kayla Phillips

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today, me and five others gathered at our town college. we had never done this before, and didn't think it would be much of a success. we had about 800 flyers. we split up into groups of three. and began giving them out. we got some negative remarks, and dirty looks. but we also got responses like "i totally agree", "God bless", "good luck". we had people in cars stopping to read our signs. by two thirty, we were out of flyers. we started at twelve. it had been a great success and i feel so great to have been apart of something like this. i can't wait until next year. GodBless

-- Stacy Peek

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Today was an awesome day. Last year I was one of 4 in my group that participated and this year there where like 13-15 kids. It went so well, I had some who stared and i would hear others telling them what it meant. I had a couple yelling things about how abortions are cool, and some telling me that they fill trashbags with babies? I just ignored them, Then there where those who would ask for tape and joined in right there and. I did although get asked to remove the tape and I would politely take it off and walk away (then stick it back on). Hahaa. Today went so well, I had talked(through writing) to people who were for abortion. They sat down and listened and i had one girl in tears. =] It was a BEAUTIFUL DAY. Can't wait for next year, =].

-- Bethany

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Oh my gosh! Today was silent day. Me and a few friends came to school to promote silent day. It spread across the WHOLE school! Everyone was quiet and wearing tape. People were non stop asking me for tape. It was wild. People were really getting into it and debating if abortion is right or not. The teachers were fine with it. By the time that I got to my end of the day classes, the teachers knew all about the silence. My science teacher Mr.Ritchey was SUPER proud of me. I had a blast. People kept trying to get me to talk. It didnt work.(: I only talked to explain what this was. I felt like we really spread the word of God and spread that abortion is wrong. Thanks for creating the day!!!

-Olivia Ted.

-- Olivia Ted.

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Today was amazing. I had people all day "Shh Georgia don't slip up those 50 million are counting on you" I had 18 kids join me and they had 20 more join us and at lunch we all hung out together. And people were coming us to in groups "I wish I could do that".

But the thing that struck me the most was a girl. She's about a month or so pregnant. I have her for a couple of my classes. She kept glancing at my shirt all day and she took a flier. But she didn't say anything. Then today in 6th I was getting up and she came up to me. And in front of the whole classroom she began weeping and fell into my arms. She said she didn't want to have an abortion anymore. She said she wanted to receive Christ right there. So I prayed with her and went on my way

This was the best day of my life by far.

-- Georgia

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Last year i participated in the pro life day of silence. And i feel like it didnt make a difference as i learned more about it it make me feel really good to noe im going to do it again this year. I actually did a presentation to my class without saying a word and i got the point across. most of them sat their saying i dont care and it dont mean anything byt the time i was done i had everyone saying thats sad and i am so pro-life!.. it is a serious matter and i think everyone needs to understand and realise its a child not a choice!

-- Karli Muns

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this is the first year I did the silent solidarity and it went very well. the only problem I had was not printing enough fliers. people were very curious and asked alot of questions and many people joined in. because I didnt have enough fliers for everyone to hand out also, many of the people taped the fliers I gave them to there shirts with red duct tape. many people stole my red duct tape and made bracelets. More toward the end of the day people wanted to know how to do this next year. I was so happy that so many people were exited to help the cause. I cant wait for next year.

-- Rachel

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this is the first year I did the silent solidarity and it went very well. the only problem I had was not printing enough fliers. people were very curious and asked alot of questions and many people joined in. because I didnt have enough fliers for everyone to hand out also, many of the people taped the fliers I gave them to there shirts with red duct tape. many people stole my red duct tape and made bracelets. More toward the end of the day people wanted to know how to do this next year. I was so happy that so many people were exited to help the cause. I cant wait for next year.

-- Rachel

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Today was amazing. By the end of the day I estimated about 150 people being silent and had red duct tape. We were attacked really bad throughout the day, but we stuck with it. I have to admit it was a rough day, but we knew that we were doing this for what is right, so we walked down the halls with pride.
We all said we're doing it next year.
The picture I have isn't even 1% of the people who did it.

-- Amanda McFalls

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Well my brother and sister did this with me. My friends at school did it with me. The weird thinking was my sister said over the intercom yesterday if you want to participate talk to her, my brother my cousins and me about it for some info. No one but some of my friends talked to me. This morning there were kids who came up talking to me saying I want an arm band. There were to many to count well All of my friends I caught talking. I tried to hush them but it didn't work. I couldn't where the duct tape until after school because it goes against the uniform policy. But after school I put it on. It is now 8:42 and I still haven't said a single word.

I enjoyed doing this today. I just want to say congrats to those who made it through the day Pro-Life and Silent.

-- Lily N.

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My day started off pretty good,lots of people staring at me but obviously they are goin to with red tape across my mouth but anyway my chemistry teacher gave me extra credit for participating in the Silent Solidarity he said kids from last year explained it to him and he grew great respect for everyone who did it and he just decided to give people extra credit he didnt tell them ahead of time or anything so people wouldnt just do it for the credit and not the cause.Then the funniest but sadest things that happend in my 4th period this boy was like talking crap saying "oh I'm pro-choice" blah blah blah and then my teacher goes well someone should've been pro-choice when pregnant with you and everyone busted up laughing so it was funny but sad for him!All in all I didn't get in any trouble from it but my choir teacher asking us to take it off for his class but he didnt force us so we didn't!I didn't have to give anyone the letter of my rights and all that so that was my day!

-- Kristi

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Today was the second year I did the silent day. Last year I was in middle school and A lot of my friends did it with me, so i really wasn't ready for the cruel comments of the highschoolers this year. When i got to school in the morning i noticed a lot of kids were doing it. But most of us were freshman. I got my tape and went to my locker to get my books for 1st period. I went through the day hearing "how stupid the freshman are for doing this stupid tape thing" and "man i just want to rip the tape off of these kid's faces". Also people kept coming up to me and screaming "choice" in my face. Then at lunch my friend Kevin kept trying to make me talk by asking me stupid questions, and random people in the hallway that i didn't know would come up to me and ask me my name, then walk away laughing. Then came 6th period study hall. I had a friend in that class who was doing it with me. Her name is Krista. Me and Krista sat together, and one of our junior friends came up to us and said "omg I can't believe you guys are doing this. Everyone wants to beat up the freshmen. I am prochoice all the way. the government can't tell up what to do with our vaginas." But she has a right to her own opinion so i wasn't fased by it. Then like 4 other people came over to our table and started saying how they think it's so stupid, and they started asking us questions of what if the girl was raped. And me and Krista answered them on a piece of paper. Then I over heard people talking on the other side of the room how they hate the prolife people, and that we arn't doing anything to help then, we are just doing this to be cool, and to get out of talking in class. Then one girl came over to our tale with tape on her shirt that said "prodeath 4 life" and i got really mad because they only did that to make fun of us, and she went behind me and stuck it on my back. another group of girls drew a baby on a sheet of paper, and cut it in half with a cutting board right in front of me. I was so mad because I couldn't understand how people could be so cruel, just because we believe in something, just because we are brave enough to stand up for what we think is right. I ran to my next class after that and just sat in my seat and cried. I was so hurt from everything people were saying and doing. But it gives me an even better reason to do this next year, to show them that I feel strongly about this and no mater what they say, I'm not changing what I believe in.

-- emily pfaff

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I did the pro-life day of silence. I started at 8 and went till about 2:50 ish. I slipt up a few times but everbody does. This was very hard. My friends tried to make me talk bu noone hurasted me. I will definatly do this again next year.

-- Abbey Sommer

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At school people were staring at me like i was crazy! It made me feel nervious but i had my two other friends Nicole and Megan by my side. Teachers were supporting us and were letting us do it. I had a great time doing this. People i didnt know coming up to me and asking what i was doing and explained. After that some of my school started to do it to! it was awesome

-- Hannah

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Wow, Today was so amazing!
Even though I didn't talk anyone out of having an abortion, I still felt good for doing this.

Today, I was driving down the road.. (and I used duct tape) I got pulled over! And he never told me why he pulled me over either.
He just simply walked up to my window, and was looking at me kind of strange, then asked "how're you doing today mam?" and I didn't say anything, I just gave him a flyer and he read it outloud, and it looked like he was thinking about something, then looked up at me with a big smile and said, "God bless you." and walked to his car and left..
I'm so glad I did this!
It made a difference in my life, and I hope it did others.

-- Michelle

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This is my 4th year doing this, and i really enjoy it.
I had a lot of people asking what i was doing.
because in north dakota where i live anyways no one has ever heard of it or anything.
a lot of my teachers thought it was a good idea some even called it stupid.
i got a lot of people who wanted to do it, even though it had already started after i gave them the hand out they went silent for the rest of the day, it was really nice.
:D
to show, that i made a huge change in peoples thought.
i even got someone who was pro-abortion to go pro-life
it really made me smile.
i love this system.
i really wish i could get a shirt, but my parents wont buy anything online. :O

but im glad this has made such a huge impact on people.

-- Holly Ward

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Today was crazy! It started out as myself and 3 other people and it grew to over 20 tho many did not stay quiet they spoke about aboriton myself and 3 others stayed quiet the whole day and have not talked. I was so amazed how many people went along wit me. I was overjoyed. People who barely talk to me came up to me and were giving me highfives and hugs everything! I cant not imagine this day any better! Some people were rude and tried to get me to talk. One of my best friends told me how dumb i was being and how i was fighting a losing cuase and what i was doin would do nuthin! o Well my 1st year doin this and i am gnna do this for many more years

PRO-LIFE FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"silent for those who had no choice"
"i love all babies born and unborn!"

♥Kaytee!

-- Kaytee Carnovale

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Today since it was silent day people wore the red duck tap but when we got to the school they didnt let us wear them on our mouth,they riped the signs off us,our "why we are silent" posters they took from us, we werent allowed to wear the red duck tap at all only on one rist,which my assitnt princible said we were alloed to wear it anywear but our mouth, we werent allowed to write "Pro-life or life" on anything faculty memmbers were yelling at students fer have tap on there jeans saying life. Its not fair that they tell us onething then not another i feel bad that i went the first four periods without talking at all then this all happened nd i had to go to the assitent priciples office (his name is Mr.Losee) then after that i was silent fer the rest of the day but we all got in trouble ALOT it isnt fair we told them weeks in advans we were doing this it isnt fair.

-- Kimbery Walsh

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Today was fine, except for the fact that a teacher made me take the tape off of my mouth. It upset me very much because it was a silent, peaceful protest. But, since it was a PEACEFUL protest, I obeyed because last year, they suspended people who did not take off the tape. Also, my parents would've been mad at me. So, I took off the tape but did not talk at all.

-- Rosalynn

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Well today was actually more fun than I thought it would be, but for someone who LOVES to talk, it sure is tiring not having the energy of the voice! My brother and sister and I were actually the ones who brought it up at school yesterday. My headmaster let me make a formal announcement about it yesterday over the intercom. My best friends Danielle and Tij were so prepared for this. We brought a whole role of red duct tape and tons of flyers and posters. I thought that it was only going to be a few of us who participated but when I got to school, there were people lined up to have their arms wrapped in red tape! My headmaster got taped and involved! I go to a charter school and they wouldn't let us wear the tape on our mouths because its a very big uniform violation. I an generally a VERY talkative person and it was hard at some times to keep my mouth shut, but I kept reminding myself that I was doing this for my generation.
The freshmen guys were SO excited that we weren't going to be talking all day. Since I was the one to bring it up at school, every time someone talked, they would run up to me and tell me. What was I supposed to do about it?? The middle schoolers would come up to me and say, "I just couldn't keep quiet. I HAD to talk at lunch." Its a matter of will-power and the cause that you are doing it for. Anyway, over half the people who were participating ended up talking and they acted like once they talked, it was over. They boys were treating it like a game. If you talked you heard, "YOU LOST!"
By the end of the day, everyone was like, "OLIVIA IS THE ONLY ONE STILL BEING SILENT! WHY IS SHE STILL DOING THIS?! SHE ALREADY WON!" Its a protest, not a competition. There were maybe 5 people who actually finished out the school day and I don't know if they finished at home. Danielle ended up talking by 4th period, but the rest of my family and Tij stayed strong. Immediately after school, we put on the red duct tape and rode home and the rest of the day we had it on. I was threatened to be kicked out of drama if I didn't talk, but I stood firm. I knew that God was with me through all the difficulties of today and every other day.
I think I helped make a difference in my school and raised awareness for the right reasons. Our generation, classmates, and friends are the ones being hurt by abortion. We are the generation thats going to change everything. If we don't take a stand, no one will!
To everyone who did this, "GO US! WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!"
PRO-LIFE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Olivia N.

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This day was absolutely amazing. I could not have asked for a better day. I am in college so I thought it would be a lot different than when I did it in high school. I have been doing this day of silent solidarity for 5 years now and nothing as amazing as what happened today has ever happened. At first I felt kinda down because I didnt see anyone else who was doing this and I felt like I was getting all the weird looks. Then all of a sudden, I saw a girl walking towards me, wearing the official prolife day of silent solidarity shirt just like I was. We smiled at each other and walked on. I felt so much better after that. I started to see some more people with the red tape over their mouth. I even saw a girl standing in front of our dining hall passing out flyers explaining why we were silent.
I mean sure, I got the weird looks and I even got some taunting but I just brushed them off. But then the best thing I ever imagined could happen happened. A girl probably no more than 19 came up to me and just looked me straight in the eyes and said "Thank you." She could tell I didn't really understand I couldnt speak to say anything back. She told me how she had gotten pregnant and had highly considered abortion. She said that she made an appt to get one and was ready to go through with it. She said she drove all the way to the clinic and go out of her car and walked upto the door. Then she said the words that will forever stick in my heart. She said "It's because of people like you that made me not walk through that door and for that I thank you." I began to cry. I had never been given such a compliment in my entire life. Then a little boy about 3 years old came over to her and tugged at her pants and said "Mommy, can I go play in the grass?" She picked him up and said to me "This is my son Jason. He is what makes my life complete and I dont know what I would do without him." She then said to Jason "Jason, I want to say thank you to this nice lady because its because of her and people like her that I now have you in my life." Jason smiled and said a big thank you and gave me a hug. Then they went on their way. I have never had anything so amazing happen to me like that. It was the icing on the cake and it made everything about the day perfect. Thank you guys so much for doing this because it really does affect people

-- Katie Jordan

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For the past year I have been researching abortion and the day of silence. Well finally today was the day! I got up got dressed and went. I took the long walk to school this morning so that I could pray and be ready. Little did I know I would never be able to prepare myself enough for the persecution I would face. The second I walked in the doors, I was commented on. People started saying things like "Hey, hey you! I love abortions!" "I'm pro-choice what are you gonna do about it?" "Abortions ROCK!" Knowing things like that would be said I held my ground and proceed into the school. When I arrived at my locker I found I was the only one in red, but soon more of us started filling in. I was relived to see my friends in red and ready to stand for Christ! Through out the day I faced, teachers not agreeing with what I was doing, students harassing me, and even my own cousin ripping the duck tape off my face. But through it all I do believe it was a blessing. I don't know if God changed the hearts of any women in my school, but he sure changed mine.

-- Toir DuBois

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I did not participate in the silence day but I wish I had because it was really amaxing to see what was going on So i wish i had got the info sooner and I may have participate So stand up and be silent for all that don't have a voice and make a statement

-- Kate McNull

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This was my first year participating in Silent Solidarity. I was one of the only ones in my school that participated. The day was great! Sure people made comments about it but I feel like I have become a stronger person. The thing that suprised me the most was that none of the teachers made me take off the duck tape on my lips. One thing I will have to remeber next year is to bring duck tape to school lol. The only time I talked was when I prayed with my friend this morning before she went collage and I went to high school and when I slipped once. I cant wait until next year!

-- Jenny K.

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I was scared at first because all of the kids that were supposed to do it with me quit. I still wanted to stand for what I believed in. I was not the only one in the school doing it. When i walked in, there were some girls with black tape in the shape of an x, and another girl with silver duct tape that said silcenced on it. I had red duct tape that said life. People All day were asking me questions. Some people were screaming PROCHOICE at me. Others tried to rip the tape off. I stood silent all day no matter what. Teachers were yelling at me but I just kept walking on. Some girl at lunch even had the nerve to go " Yo ! Take that Sh*t off !" I Looked at her and just turned back around. I am proud that I made it through the day being all silent.

Prolife =X <3

-- Katherinee

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today i participated and got strange looks and ALOT of questions. i answered everyone and passed out every single one of my 100 fliers, used half a roll of duct tape, and all the bracelets i brought to school. it was amazing, i changed many minds on the fact of abortion and i cant wait until next year. also all of my teachers understood and some even asked me to talk about it.

-- leah

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WOW, october 21, 2008 was amazing, i go 2 a christian skewl n thers only like 70 ppl in 7th grade, n i got 60/70ppl 2 do silent day, including some 8th n 6th graders. I was handing ducktape out at skewl, 2 rolls at da end of the day all gone!!!!!

-- Darrah Peklak

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i did Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity at school today.
it wasn't just me it was me an a lot of my friends.
we think people use abortion as a type of birth-control.
we we hate it.
yes people should have the right to get an abortion but only to a certain existent.
like-
1 if you were raped
2 if some one raped the mealy handy capped.
3 insets

and that is the only time.
and thats my story.

-- leona

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Well today at school a few of my friends who are in our school government were pro-life also so we began talking and decided to do this!
So later on that day I was walking around and people were looking at me because I had duct tape across my mouth and they wanted to know why! But I could not tell them, except for my fliers I had! I got so much hassle just for wearing a piece of duct tape on my mouth my own teacher told me to take it off because it was against dress code. So I did just to mind her I put it across my heart and then got my agenda out which has the dress code in it and found out that no where in the dress code is it outlawed! So I put the tape on my mouth, from there on out I was constantly hassled about my choice. I couldnt believe how my teachers were taking shots at my beliefs! I can't wait till tomorrow when I can tell them why I believe the way I do!

I liked the turn out but if I do this next year I will not go silent I will be Wearing duct tape but not over my mouth because when you are silenced you can't inform people why abortion is so bad! That is how the day has gone at school was my only trouble!

-- Christopher Sotier

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This day was awesome. i heard about it from my sister and i thought it was really cool, she did it last year and this year with me. Shes in college but she still did it which was really cool. and i did it for the whole day and i had the tape over my mouth and my science teacher made me take it off, it was rude, but i handed out a lot of my tape to my friends and my teacher read the flier out loud in on of my classes. i only spoke during gym. it was awesome.

-- CAM

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Im all the way pro-life babbbyyy.

-- Bekah Payne <3

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Ill put what i put on my myspace blog.

Today was the National Pro life day of silence. If you went to my school a lot of people had red duct tape that said LIFE on it. Others who were i felt being disrespectful for our cause had CHOICE on their blue duct tape. The reason we did it, or better yet the reason i did it was to show maybe a young women she has another way. Dont give up someones life because it doesnt fit into your lifestyle. Yeah, you have to have to draw a line somewhere in everything. I believe ensest, mothers life is endanger, and rape you should make the choice. But when you use abortion as birth control i dont know how you live with yourself. Your killing a innocent child who could have been someone great, someone who could cure cancer, arthritis, or any other disease. I loved franklin, but today made me very upset that some people are so closed minded that they dropped down to that level. I am very disappointed in you all. I got stuff thrown at me. Duct tape got stuck in my hair. I got called names. Screamed at in the face. You all have freedom of speech, i dont doubt you will use it. But next year i hope you guys maybe make your own day. Today wasnt about getting rid of abortion. It was standing up, giving up your voice for something bigger than you. giving up your voice for those 4,000 babies who die every day in the name of choice.

& Today most definitely was NOT about the election. For those people who came up to me screaming in my face Obama 08 i hope you are ashamed of yourself. You should know today wasnt about the election. Sure i support John McCain. But today i didnt support anyone except those mothers who made the right choice to keep their babies. If you have gotten a abortion, this isnt against you. I pray for you. I dont know your situation and im not judging you. I didnt mean for anything to be offensive, i really didnt. I was trying to be peaceful. But i did blow up at the end of the day and i apologize for my actions and my choice of words but i dont and i never will regret being pro life.

-- Chelsea (Cindy Lou)

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I couldn't wait til Tuesday, I advertised the protest like CRAZY and I was very excited. Our school is known for teen pregnancy. I knew we could make a difference in someone's life, if not multiple people. One of my friends, a junior, was pregnant and though she'd never mentioned it, I could tell she was considering an abortion. It was readable on her face. Only two people out of the 15 who vowed to participate in our school actually did, but so many people came up to us all day. They told us they were proud, and everyone wanted a flier to see what we were doing. I felt like we'd done something right, and we'd made a difference in hundreds of lives.

-- Emmily Woodward

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During the past few weeks, God has really been laying this on my heart. When I went to youth, they said not to conform with everyone else because that was not the Godly way. In the ten commandments, one of the commandments is "Thou shall not kill." Abortion is killing. Anyways, onto more general ideas.

When I woke up this morning, I had no idea what was in store for me at school. I walked into school and I had a red bandana headband on, red eyeliner, a red wristband, and on the back of my shirt, I made a cross out of duct tape (about five people actually asked me to make them a duct tape cross like mine!). When I walked up to the door of my school, I heard people saying that "what I was doing is weird" and things along those lines. However, I stood proud the whole day. About ten minutes before school started, me and a few of my friends were out in the hallway passing out the wristbands, and one of the teachers got an attitude and said that she didn't want us anywhere near her class. During first period, I passed out the fliers to people that tried to talk to me, and I had two people tell me that they wanted to participate, so I gave them a red wristband and we stood as a whole. In third period, which is my honors English class, I had a speech to do. But my friend, who was also participated, said to the teacher, "I'm participating in the Pro Life Day of Silence, and it's a day where you're silent for all the aborted babies. This is a choice, and I'd appreciate it if I didn't have to present today." Her wording was a bit different, but I could tell it touched the teacher and some of the people in the class. After fourth period, I had about six more people ask me about the Day of Silence and if they could have a wristband and I said yes. During the middle of the day though, I noticed there were people opposing us "pro-lifers" voice by wearing blue duct tape that they put "pro-choice" on. What surprised me was that there were more pro-choicers than pro-lifers. I also recieved a few hate messages from people that went to my school. But overall, I think this is worth it.

-- Chelsea B.

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So today was pro life day and over 20 of the kids in my school wore red shirts or red duct tape stuff like, life, pro life, be happy your mom chose life, and stuff like that, I explained to a few people what was going on because they didn't know, I wore all red today and a bracelet that said life, Pro Life '08. While I was walking to the cafeteria I seen a few girls wearing shirts that wore black with circle all over it saying Pro Choice, and it kind of made me mad because its not pro choice day it pro life day and if they want to debate schedule one. Then this girl asked me if I got pregnant right now and had a scholorship to college and everything was set in front of me and the baby would ruin it all would I still be pro life, and I said yes because well if I have to kill a child to get what I want I will just take another path..
Other than that we had a very good turn out
We all wrote down o a piece of paper instead of talking. I even got my boyfriend involved in it he wore all red too.
Eryn

-- Eryn

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Today was my first time participating in this. And when I heard about it, I immediately knew that I was totally going to do it. Sadly, I was the only one in my HUGE high school that did it. During the day I got a lot of different looks and once people understood what I was doing, they told me how cool it was and they would have done it if they knew about it earlier. Also, there were two staff members that told me they were proud of me for standing up for what I believed in and taking a stand.
So for the most part, it was mostly positive feedback, but there was some negativity too. My friends were there for me of course and they know that i am SO STRONG against abortion and always have. So they understood. But some people told me I was stupid for doing it and that i looked dumb. But i just walked away because i knew that they were wrong and what i was doing was right. But there were hardly any people who did that.
It was a very interesting day all together. And im not going to lie, it was VERY hard not to talk the WHOLE day because i usually am the one talking or laughing at school. But one thing i know for sure is that it was worth it. I even had one girl tell me that my actions made a difference in her opinion about abortion because before today, she hadn't really givin the other side much thought. She just thought if the mother didnt want it, then she shouldnt have to walk around prego. But i changed her mind(:

Thank you for giving me and the others like me a day to take stand for pro-life.

-- Lina M Perez

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Today when I participated in the day of silence I wasn't exactly sure what was going to happen. I had already told a bunch of my friends about it, but no one was really interested in joining. But this morning I was able to get another one of my friends to do it with me and actually got into some written discussions with people. I guess it's a little less drastic than what I was hoping I could accomplish, but I've prayed about it, and you never know how God could use this. Maybe it got some people thinking? Next year I plan to be more bold and pray that more people will want to get involved! This is such an awesome thing that everyone is doing

-- Megan

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Today was amazing! :D

before i went to school my Grandparents weren't too thrilled with the whole idea of me being silent all day,and fasting breakfast and lunch,but i stayed strong.

me,and my two friends Megan and Gabbie
went to the Principal and Wrote down what we were doing,and he sent out a e-mail to all the teachers and told us he was proud of us.(even though he wasn't going to let us wear the tape on our mouths for many reasons.)

So we went along threw the day,and by the time 3rd period rolled around we had 4 more recruits, by that time we had 7 people that took part of pro-life day. :)

The whole high school was supporting us but didn't Exactly take part in the event.
so they just wore a piece of life tape on their pants,to show that they supported us.

Later after School I went around my neighborhood and put 'vote yes on 48' stickers on peoples doors. :)

Then went to the store with my grandparents and mother.
I put the tape on my mouth since i couldn't at school.
my grandfather didn't go in the store with us because he was Embarrassed of me.
So many people were confused,some gave my dirty looks,but i stood strong.
:)
God was with me i know,because with out him i would have never been able to do this. :))
All the glory goes to God. :))

Jesus I plead your blood over my sins
and the sins of my nation,god end abortion and send revival to America.

-- Tia Maria

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Today i wore my pro life shirt and was silent all day. i ended up have one male teacher support my cause and a girl and a boy. but the frequently asked question was what if a young girl gets raped? i thinik that the girl should have the baby and then give it up for adoption. i mean its not the babies fault for someones elses actions. I am one of the few christians in my school and so i had numerous people yelling at me and what not. but i also had a debate on paper. lol she ened up supporting me but still belives in pro choice. my thing is if you weren`t planning on getting pregnant then why didn`t you do something about it? something to prevent killing and innocent baby. But i can`t wait for next year. im actually using the duct tape thing next year so im ready."I call on heaven and earth today to witness against you: i have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. CHOOSE LIFE" deuteronomy 30:19

-- bernice.

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Well...I wore the tape for the entire day for the first time in my life, and here's how it went:
The day started off just like any other day, I went out of my house and made my way to the bus stop. On my way there, a bunch of people that were driving by saw me and just stared at me. I didn't really care. As soon as my friend Neelam saw me, she asked for some tape, which made me happy.
As soon as we got to the bus, we're greeted by this kid who is in love with abortion, and he calls me and Neelam stupid for wearing the tape. Thank god for Carlos, who stood up to this kid (who's his friend). That made me feel alot better. As soon as Kasey gets to the bus stop, she asks for tape, so now it's 3 people that are doing it. On the bus, me, Kasey, and Neelam were the only ones wearing tape. When the bus got close to the school, I noticed that no one was wearing tape, which made me feel kinda weird. I got that "lonely" feeling. I wanted to see atleast 1 person wearing the tape, but I didn't see anyone.
I was on my way to the media center to print out my english paper. On my way there, this kid who called me "kid with duct tape" asked me for some tape, and told me about how he forgot today was silent day. I gave him some tape, and a thumbs up. A few feet later, I passed by 5 thug-looking guys that happily called me a dumbass for being against abortion. Great, just great. So that makes 6 people that called me something bad. I also saw about 5 other people wearing duct tape on my way there, which made me happy.
Once I got in the media center, I was greeted by one of the librarian's dirty looks. Alright, so that makes 7 people that have made it clear that they are for abortion. Again, I didn't really care. I found my friends Jonathan, Jean and Brianna, who asked me for some tape too, I printed out my paper, and I was on my way to chemistry.
Chemistry was awesome. A good third of the class was wearing tape, which made me really, really happy. Our substitute even said she'd wear tape today, but since her boss would be angry if she didn't talk, she didn't wear the tape.
So now on my way to english. On my way there, 3 girls said they thought abortion is good, and the tape was stupid. So that makes 10 people so far. English class was horrible. I walked in class hoping to see my teacher smiling at me, but instead I saw yet another substitute. Not only that, but I was the only one in the class wearing the tape. I felt sooooo weird, because I was expecting atleast 1 other person to be wearing it. As soon as I walked in, this guy had to make a smart remark about my tape. He cheered at the fact that I wasn't talking, and he tried to make me talk. He continuously kept on insulting my beliefs. I got really fed up after a while and wrote down on a sheet of paper that I can't believe he's being that immature, and that I've lost all respect for him for insulting my beliefs. You know what he does? He crumples up the paper and throws it at my face. I was soooo ready to atleast yell at him, but instead I just kept my mouth shut and listened to my iPod. So that makes 11 people. After I got bored of listening to my iPod, I went to the computers to check out what everyone was doing. This that was on a computer looks at me and says "You're Pro-LIFE? Well, guess what. I'm Pro-Choice. If I ever get pregnant, I'm having that shit killed." I felt sooooooooooo sad, I literally wanted to just break down and cry when I heard her say that. Again, I didn't say anything. So that's 12 people. Also in that class, this kid explained to his friend that "The red tape means you don't like abortion. It's reeeeally gay." So that makes 13 people. I also don't think the subsitute teacher likes abortion, because she was constantly saying "If you wanna talk, then you need to take the tape off" so that makes 14 people.
I was off to research, which is like a study hall. During this time, I mentor freshmen for our school's freshmen mentoring program. I was expecting my freshmen to be really immature about it, but I was shocked to see about 10 of them asking me for tape and wearing it. It went really well, and I'm really happy with them. They get candy tomorrow. =)
Lunch was pretty good. I went into one of my teacher's classes to get my friend Jean to eat lunch with me, and I was greeted by 6 kids that think the tape is gay. Super. So we're up to 16 now. Also, this one girl was telling me about how she wanted to wear duct tape that said "choice" on it. 17 people now. On my way out of the classroom, 2 girls that were walking by said "It's my baby, it's my choice" to me, so that makes 19 people now.
I went to my friend Lucy's little circle of friends, and I was happy to see about 6 people wearing LIFE tape. As soon as people saw me and Lucy with rolls of tape, swarms of people came up to us to ask for tape. THAT WAS AWESOME!!!
I was on my way to gym after lunch, and while I was in the locker room, I was expecting a few guys to make fun of me for wearing the tape. Surprisingly, no one said anything. Me and this other guy that I don't know were the only ones wearing tape, but since mostly girls wear the tape, I wasn't surprised.
For the rest of the day, no one said anything bad to me. In the end, 19 people (that I remember of) said something bad to me for being against abortion. I don't really care. I don't listen to people that try to convert me or try to persuade me. I have my opinions, they have theirs, and I like it that way. I'm still not gonna talk for the rest of the day, that's a commitment that I'm not gonna break.
SAVE THE BABIES!! Woot! =)

-- Raul Chavez

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Well today I was silent until I got home. And I had people at school who wanted to do the protest with me. My best friend Kristen helped me out a lot with getting other people involved. I had people bad mouthing me about my protest, and I was getting so mad at people because they were saying that abortion is okay in some circumstances. And I personally think that it is never okay. And on my myspace I had someone post a comment in my truth box calling me names and saying my protest was worthless and was stupid. And I got really upset about it. But they didn't even have enough courage to write it in a comment or a message so I could know who they were. And I had a few people tell me they were proud of me for what I was doing. We even got a picture for the yearbook. So hopefully it's in there.

-Megan ; UHS

-- Megan Trent

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Ok I woke up this morningan walked to my neighbor's house. I know Jenny most of my life and she was really want to be silent today with me. So we prayed and put on the red duck tape. We even wore the same shirt. The only thing was that we went to different schools. She goes to highschool while I go to college. I could feel the stares as I walked down the hallways. I saw noone else wearing the tape. I was being mocked but I satnd true, and even some of my friends tried to get me to talk. I hope everyone here had better luck with the number issue that I had.

-- Sara Spence

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i thought that i would make it through this day without saying anything!!! i did, until around 5 when my sister woke me up from a nap and pissed me off.

before today, i was trying to get people to do it with me. the ones who said no tried to make me speak today. one said "i'll give you 20 bucks if you just say 'hi'." i still didn't talk. but today was fun. and i was glad i participated. i'm gonna do it next year. =) =)

-- kristine

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Upon arriving at school, I received a lot of looks and stares. Many people asked me what I was doing this for, so I handed them the flier that explained my cause. Most of them seemed rather unphased by the whole thing and simply gave the fliers back to me. I felt like I just wanted to scream out; why could no one see any wrong in killing 1/3 of our generation?!?! How can that be okay for anyone? I felt alone in this, until my 3rd block class, AP Government. After we had taken our test and I was going to turn it in, I noticed something very beautiful. My government was at his desk comforting a girl who had read the flier and had been truly moved by my silent demonstration. I could see tears in her eyes as she was talking to my teacher about abortion. She couldn't understand how such a terrible thing could be happening in this country, to these poor innocent American citizens. I was overjoyed to see that my participation in this nationwide movement had touched the heart of a fellow classmate and friend. Even if she's the only person I touched today, it was worth it and I do it all over again. I have been humbled and want to thank you so much for making this opportunity possible for students like me. Together, we will be the voice for those who will never have one.

In Christ,
Peter Lai-LePage (Frank W. Cox HS)

-- Peter Lai-LePage

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Today, I partisiparted in Pro-life day, & was so excited about it. I was the only person (that I know of) doing this, but I had others considering it. Without talking, I made sure they knew that if they were going to do it that they had to completly believe in being Pro-life (which is what changed some minds). It lasted through 1st, & I thought it was perfect. People would ask me what was up, & I haded them a flier. I had so many people supporting me (& some not so supportive), which felt amazing... However, my day got COMPLETLY ruined when one of my "friends" desided to do it, but when she got in trouble she blamed it on me. They made me stop, & actually talk. I actually cried I was so mad. I kept giving people fliers when they would ask me about it, & I would tell a little about it- so I stayed supportive... I didnt tell my teachers about it ahead of time, which as I just relized, was really stupid. Well, it was great while it lasted, hopefully next year will be better.

- S.Cartee

-- Savannah

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Today was so powerful! A lot of my friends got together in the morning and prayed about the upcoming day for students all across the globe. It only took one class for people to start getting interested and wanting some red duct tape to put on their clothes.

Sometime during the day someone had placed a note in my backpack saying "**** you. Get raped. Get pregnant. Then tell me your opinion." I read that note and wanted to bawl my eyes out. Then I realized what power my, and my friends, prayer could do for this person. So we're all going to pray over the note in hopes we meet one day. It's weird, I was silent the whole day, so if my opinion is obnoxious when I'm silent, what more when I speak out loud!

By the end of the day over 90% of my school was walking around with LIFE stickers all over their clothes, their backpacks, mouths, and books. God really rocked the halls of my school today!

-- Bethany Ervin

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today was the most awesomest day ever!
a group of my friends wore red suct tape and arm bands over our mouths to support the day of silence. we started out with not that many but by the end of the day we had a lot more people doing it. we got criticized some with people saying we were stupid and sayin that we looked retarted wearing it but we kept silence and didnt give in. i look forward to doing this next year too.

-- angel wright

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I found out about the event a couple of days before. I called out my friends that very second. I mostly got a "no way! that would be too hard" or an answer machine. I finally rallied 3 of my friends together. The night before the big day 2 of my friends came over and we made shirts and braclets to wear. The morning of it started off great, but that was before i got to school. I entered my first class thinking it would be fairly easy to stay quiet, but boy was i wrong. The whole class period we were working in groups and I was with one of my silent friends. I would have to say that was the most challenging class period ever. The rest of the day went my fairly smooth until I got to my last class. That's when some guys really starting pestering me. Out of the whole day I only spoke once due to i was alomst killed. I wasnt paying attention while driving and I drove into another lane when a car was in it coming towards me. I only said a little cuss word! I really got a lot out of the whole experience. It was hard, but it was worth it! I am willing to give my voice up for a day for those who will never have a voice! PRO LIFE!!!

-- Hannah

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On this day of pro-life day of silent solidarity i was picked on and pushed to try to talk. But also through out the day i had people come up to me and ask me why i was doing this because they were intersested. I was even able to convice a person to start wear tape today and be silent. I was so happy that i pulled out red tape wrote life on it and they were happy to put it around there arm and not speak for the rest of the day.

-- Rosalee Rosales

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Okay, I started school online 4 weeks ago, so therein my my protest at school would have just been me sitting silently at home. SO I went first into my home town of Sisters and 2 people spoke to me, one was a pregnant woman who was considering an abortion, I broke my silence and spoke with her and she opted for adoption! Then I went to nearby town, Bend, to the Old Mill (a MAJOR tourist trap) and I was spoken to by masses of people (like 30) 6 of which were pregnant women (5 told me how they admired my boldness) 1 was another woman considering abortion, so again I broke my silence and had a 15 minute tear-session/convo with her and she too opted for adoption! I'm so far beyond exstatic and I am yet again radically effected by this!

-- Mandey Tewalt

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So today i was silent, it was really hard not to talk to my friends, but they understood and would "speak" for me when someone asked me a question in the hall. i handed out the flyers and people looked a little surprised, but they didn't make fun of me or give me a hard time. i was really happy that my teachers were understanding and didn't make me talk.
when i got to swim practice there were about 7 of us participating in the day of silence. my coach was really mad, and mocked us by taping a piece of paper to his mouth saying "kill the unborn babies". we all looked at him left the room. he talked to me later and asked what our problem was, he told me to "break my stupid silence and tell him" i told him that he made one of us really upset. he told us he was just joking and poking at us. i told him that this wasn't something to joke about. he said he was playing "devil's advocate". i reapeated that it wasn't something to joke about and then was silent again and walked away. i think it might have affected him, but i'm not sure. the weird thing is that he is catholic and pro choice. i hope that he realizes how wrong he is.

he reaction won't stop me from participating in the day of silence next year!!! we need to stand strong for what we know is right.

--Carly

-- Carly

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I tend to talk way too much in school.
I guess, I'm a class clown, but today..
I was actually quiet and did a lot of praying. Today was the first ever for me join this powerful movement. I'm so glad, I found about this yesterday, wished I would have known about it a bit earlier so I would have time to order my shirts for school today.
I called in company and asked, "is there any possible way I can order a shirt and have it rushed to my house by tomorrow, for school?!" he goes, "you just missed it! Fedex doesn't rush any orders after 5PM, sorry man." and it was just 5:06PM But that didn't stop me. I made my own shirt! HAHA! it isn't the best our there, but it's the thought that counts right?!

-- Huy

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This years PLDSS was my first ever...and it was quite interesting. I was upset because many of those who were participating with me gave up, and I had to write them a note telling them they should just go back to silence in respect for those children who are silenced daily. When we got to school, the administrators told us we had to take the tape off our mouths or we would be suspended, and thankfully, everyone complied. Not very many people were interested in it, but as long as it got people talking, I think it is all worth it. I will be participating next year, regardless of how it all turns out. I've put today's rusults in God's hands, and all I can do is pray that we made a difference.

-- Gabrielle Gregorie

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Today, I thought I would be walking alone in school, the only one with red duct tape. Everything turned around as soon as I got there. Last night i printed a bunch of fliers, to prepare myself for questions. When someone would ask me what the tape was for, I would hand them a flier. Some girls I know from some of my classes immediatly told me they wanted to participate. I had brought the red duct tape to school with me, in case anyone chose to stand up with me. Some people would read the first line of the flier, and tell me it was a bunch of bull. A lot of guys would tell me that they were pro-choice, and that I needed to take that stupid tape off. Also, for some of my friends that didn't want to wear it over their mouth, they would put it on the front of their shirt and still vowel to be silent for the rest of the day. It was such a great feeling to see so many people ask to join me.

One of my teachers announced the situation, after he had read the flier I gave to him. A lot of people thought that I was being silent to support gay rights. My teacher made it clear that I was not gay, and the cause was to try and end abortion.

I couldn't possibly say that today was a bad day, because I felt great all day, and I could feel God with me. I spoke once to answer an abortion related question, and I managed to not say a word the rest of the day.

God Bless what you are doing here. I really think it is changing a lot of people's minds, and it is definitely an amazing cause to stand up for.

-- bree ahl

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So today I went to school and was of course not talking. Some people I know were of course supporting this. Well I know once I had got there a lot of my friends decided to join in and support too. Well school didnt start till around 7:30, so I was walking around with my friend just listening to what she was talking about and just nodding my head. But i walked past a group of people and noticed that they had blue tape. Of course right off i knew what it was for, to support Pro-Choice. I mean its their choice to support that so i was ok with it, but what got on my nerves is that everyone was making it seem like a joke. And also how some people were saying that they were Pro-Life, but yet they didnt want to take part in not talking all day so they took the Pro-Choice tape instead. I mean i am against it of course but it just that they knew this was going to happen today and instead of not talking they think they should just choose the other tape, then it make me think are you truley commited to what you belive in or are you just choosing that because you dont want to talk. I was sitting in my secound period class and i over heard a student said i was only wearing the blue tape to get on the people who are wearing red tape nerves. Also how in my first period that there was a kid staring right at me and saying how he says he is pro-life but thinks its stupid to not talk and remind the ones who did have the aboritons and cause them hurt. If you think what did the babies get when they choose to have an abortion? They got hurt and no life of their own and to have kids. I just hope that everyone learned something from this, because i know i sure did and i aint going to change my opion at all so dont try. Well I cant wait to hear from others and see how this day was to them and effected them.

-- Emiley M.

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well first off, me and liz left early so we could hit the HS library and print off enough fliers to hand to our teachers and for a few friends/recruits to give to their teachers. we printed off twenty each. i ran out of twenty in my first class, cause i gave them out to students and stuff to help spread the word. but before i even WENT to my first class, i was really really really discouraged. while me and liz were leaving the school so i could take her to the middle school, a bunch of people were walking by giving is weird looks, and saying stuff so we just kept our heads down and didnt say anything. then liz *wrote* me that she wasnt gonna wear the tape on her mouth cause it was too embarrasing, but she said she'd wear it on her shirt. so after that, i wasnt sure i could handle doing it all by myself. while i was walking to my first class, a group of freshman boys were like "HEY! HEY YOU GOT DUCT TAPE ON YOUR FACE! TAPE FACE! TAPE FACE!" which i know is super immature, and i wouldnt've even let it get to me if i could have defended myself. but i just handed them a flier and then walked into my class. the second i open the door, three girls are standing there and are like "ummmmm, why do you have tape on your face? *dirty look*" and i just handed them a flier and went to my seat. then as people came in i kept getting more weird looks and handing out more fliers. while i was sitting in my desk, i prayed to God that he would give me the strength to get through the day, and the confidence to keep my head up. then i ran out of fliers and i had to ask some people to give them back. everytime i had to go into the hallway, i was praying the entire time. it was a huge struggle. i saw this girl who's friends with liz named emily, and she asked if i brought the duct tape. i nodded and got it out, my first recruit :] i gave her half of my fliers, and kept going down the hallway handing more out. after that, i went to the library and printed out ten more sheets, or fourty fliers. i passed a bunch out in brit lit and health, people were asking to keep them so of course i would nod them yes. and in my french class, i only had one because outside my french door was kaylee, krystal, and rachel. they had heard how quickly the word had spread and all the good feedback it was getting. they all wanted duct tape, and sheets, so i gave them all the fliers i had except one for my friend teacher. then i had to spend my entire lunch in the computer lab printing 20 more sheets (80 fliers) which took a ridiculous amount of time to cut apart. after i had all those fliers, i was just handing them out to anyone who would give me a second glance. by my last class, everyone in the school had heard and people were giving me thumbs up and smiling at me in the hallway. lots of people told me how cool they thought it was. some people wanted to talk about the pros and cons of abortion. other pro-lifers around me started talking to them for me. it was an amazing experience, and i cant wait to do it again next year :D

-- Letitia McCann

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I found out about silent solidarity day at 9:30 pm on the 20th. So I was running around all night trying to find an arm-band and some red duct tape. Needless to say I didn't find any duct tape, but I did find an old rag that I cut up to make an arm-band. I printed out a bunch of fliers and spread them out all around school, and I actually got other people to be silent when they read the flier, because they didn't know about it earlier. I will do it next year too, and next time, I'll be more prepared. Abortion is a terrible thing and I don't think it should be legalized under ANY circumstances.

-- Chris Greenfield

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So today was awesome at school so many people were asking me , "Hey , why aren't you talking?" all I did was open up my laptop and show them this website and stay quiet. One person even said "Just talk it's not that important really" I said nothing but was not happy with their choice but I am in the 7th grade and had like a 11th or 12th grade congradulate me on my vow of silence my teacher FORCED me to talk but the whole other time I said not a word. This truly is a day where , as in the old saying goes , "silence is golden"

-- James Crosby

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The day started off hard. One guy wouldn't leave me alone. It got easer as the day went by. By lunch (1:05pm) we had about 25 people doing it. We had originally had 4. We handed out flyers and we got lots of kids who were abortion agenst it. I'm glad to be apart of it and I will do it again next year

-- BayBay

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Even at my Christian school, I (along with probably about 50 other people who were taking it seriously)receieved a lot of mean looks, or harsh stares. And it even hurt when some people who I admired as Christians said things without thinking, like "oh, they won't stay silent the whole day" or when attendence came around, "she's here, but she's not talking". it hurts. and not because i, personally, am effected. but because they will sit there and say "yeah, i am prolife", but not choose to go against the flow to PROVE it. and now, i have lost respect for some of these people. maybe it was peer pressure. maybe it was fear f suffocation (yes, as funny as it seems, i got that excuse today). whatever the excuse, i hope these people can choose to stand for something they believe in the next time they're given a chance.

-STAND UP AGAINST ABORTION!!

-- b.c.

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This Silent Day, I participated, even though I was the only one in my school. My prinicpal got a little mad at me, but he finally understood. I handed him one of the flyers, he read it, and he just said, "Good cause." Now, one thing I do want to get straight. I think abortion should be legal and RARE. There are causes that you can accept, such as, a thirteen year old gets raped and pregnant. Thats an exception. But getting pregnant because you were being irresponsible and just "having fun", you should keep it and just give it up for adoption if you REALLY don't want it.
Today I got a detention for not talking. My principal didn't let it go through though!

That's my silent day story. I can't wait till next year!

-- Jordyn

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This past weekend,God's really been putting it o my heart intensely to do something about the abortion prooblem in America and around the world. The more I started reading into the procedure and the seriousness of it, the more I began to pray for our nation and the rest of the world. But, on saturday night I was lying in bed and the people on the radio were talking about the silent day, and i found it extremely ironic b/c right before that I had ben talking to my sister and my mom about abortion b/c my sister is pro-choice and she's 18 (probably a prime age for pregnancy.) I found a random peice of cardboard on my floor and in sloppy yellow colored pencil, I wrote down the letters "s-i-l-e-nt-d-a-y-.-o-r-g" as she repeated the address. One thing led to another and I had talked to enough people on Monday to start something. I was kind of unorganized at first, and I was running around printing out flyers, making a shirt,finding ductape, etc. I knew that nothing would work out if I wasn't praying about it. Despite my frustrations with alot of selfish remarks, I proceeded to prepare for Tuesday. I left my shirt that I had almost finished at my friends house and I didn't have the ductape that I thought I did..so I was extremely discouraged and upset, but then I just prayed and cried all night for the babies and for God's protection and guidance for Tuesday. I stayed up for a little while to do a devotional and God just started giving me all of these awesome verses to write down to encourage the people that would be joining me. I woke up early Tuesday morning and my mom and dad had surprised me by going late at night to pickup my shirt and finished it for me and printed off extra flyers! I prayed and thanked God for his faithfulness and then i typed up the verses, along with a few other words of encouragement. When I arrived at school, I headed to the library to print out the papers I needed..and to see this girl that I had just recently met come towards me with a servant's heart, ready to help with whatever she could, really was awesome. We entered the library doors with conidence and headed to the computers. After everything was printed and stapled, she told me that she knew people that would want to participate, and she called them and sent them over. I printed out atleast 60 flyers for Tuesday...I had to go back to lunch and print 40 more (which were gone by the end of the day.) There were about 20 people participating and 6 just giving out flyers. Every class I went into there were girls who wanted to join me, and my teachers were extremely supportive and did not require me to talk at all. One girl told me that the reason she wanted to join me in silence was b/c her mom had an abortion when she was 17, and she would have had an older sibling, but now she's an only child. One of my friends was in her early childhood class where she knew that there were girls who had had abortions, and the teacher knew so she let her give them out to the class. And a friend of mine heard what wwe were doing and took it to his college campus! Today just went awesome! God is soo responsible for it..and He was really showing me that I can trust him. This was awesome, I'm soo glad you guys do this:)

-- Elizabeth Taylor

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Today was by far the best day ever. I am in middle school and of course no body knew about pro life day of silent solidarity. so when i showed up in my 1st block class with my t shirt and read arm band people stared and asked. and i wrote my reason , gave the flyer to my teacher and watched. As the day went on I got more and more questions. I am by far the loudest of my friends and for them to see me silent the whole day and stand up in what i believed in was amazing. i feel good about doing what i did. I gained a lot of respect from my peers. I know God is proud of me. And truly thats a great feeling.

-- hannah

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Today was amazing. Last year, I participated in The Prolife Day, and we got so many kids to do it. And it turns out, a lot of kids in the highschool are Prolife and wanted in on it.

My favorite parts of the day:
1. Getting pointed at and having kids say "there's another one"
2. Getting stared at like a freak. :]

Bad stuff:
1. Having kids talk about how lame the protest is while you're only 3 feet away from them.
2. Having the older kids yell "PROCHOICE" as you walk by.
3. When everyone comes up to you and goes "you know you'd get an abortion, and not being able to yell at them because you need to calm down and stay quiet"

Seriously, some kids made my friend cry, because they kept throwing things at her, and taping signs to her that said Pro-death.

Honestly though, I hate how immature some kids can get. I respect people's opinions, but I will lose all respect for someone when they start acting like those kids that were rude to my friend.

All in all though, it was a great day. I know we changed some kids minds, which was really the whole point. :]

No matter what the haters say, this protest is truly amazing. We impact so many people in this one day. We make such a loud statement, even though we are silent. I can't wait til next year. :]

AND TO ALL THOSE WHO DID THE PROTEST, GOOD JOB. YOU TRULY DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND A HUGE IMPACT. :]

-- N.M. Stevens

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I sat on the bus. No one was talking to me, but it’s not like I was going to talk back, even if they did. Finally, my friend Michael asked me what was up. I handed him a flyer. Once he read it, she signed for me to give one to Stephanie, then he rummaged through my backpack, knowing somewhere in its depths, because I do this every year, that I had a sharpie and red duct tape. As he was doing that, I handed a flier to Stephanie. She read it, looked at me, and threw it on the bus floor. I was upset, but I couldn’t force her to do it. While all this is going on, Matthew gets on and joins us in the protest.
First block, my teacher looked at us funny, but once she found out what we were doing, she actually encouraged it. I was happy, because at first I was embarrassed to be doing it. She said, “I am all for activism, and I think young people don’t do it enough. You guys can protest this, but I only want you doing it if you believe in it.” Then, she went on and told us how she supported us. Then, with our bell work, she actually encouraged us not to talk, and just hold up the number of fingers for the answer that we got. When we finished that, we did partner work, but she didn’t force us to talk. My first block alone, I got 10 people protesting with me.
The end of first block, our teacher gave us a quick quiz. Once I finished it, I stood up to hand it in, and a kid rammed his chair into my leg. I thought it was on accident, so I let it go. Once I went to sit back down, he did it again. It hurt, but I wasn’t going to give in to this just because someone hurt me. Talking is exactly what he wants me to do.
Third block, this kid Miles had a question, but he was persistent to stay quiet. Just seconds before, the teacher said, “Don’t worry. I wont talk to you because you’re a Christian. I only talk to atheists.” My jaw dropped. I couldn’t believe he just said that. I felt bad for Miles because he is a popular kid and people teased him because he stood up for what he believed in. By the end of the day, I had 16 people doing the protest with me.

-- Kendra

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The day started off great- I got all of my friends involved. They were my interpreters and supported me 100 percent. But then, something that put a downer on my day happened. The guidance counselor at my school talked to my assistant principal and they made me take off my tape and the T-Shirt I spent three hours making. I refused to talk to them though, I was silent all day. They said that they "weren't comfortable with me making a political statement in school". I showed everyone my shirt though and passed out all of my fliers (and trust me, I had a lot). I was silent all day. My teachers, friends, and even people I don't know asked me questions and said that what I was doing was a good thing. It made me happy to see that I was getting people to listen, despite what my assistant principal believed. I definitely plan on participating in this event next year. Thank you for creating such an amazing program, I can't wait until next year!

-- Nicole Corapi

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First thing every Tuesday morning-- Prayer Club at school. We prayed for those dear babies and our fellow students, as well as the school staff and the rest of the world.
Then the school day began. it started out with a bunch of stares and pointing fingers, but after the word got out and every started wearing the tape, more and more people started joining.
There's always arguments and harassment, which my friends and I got a bit of. We were blessed, though, since God sent a lot of curious people our way! We filled 'em in and gave them statistics and plenty of red duct tape.
By the final period, most of the kids in that class had asked if they could have some red tape.

-- Gabi Soileau

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since i go to a christian school i thought it would be easy and more people would go along other than just my friend liz. but it turns out that we were the only ones and the teachers, some of them, thought it was really amazing that we have such an opinion at a young age and other decided it would be funny to make jokes like saying "speak up i cant hear you.." and kids would be like " need lipgloss/chap stick?" or " want some skittles or candy" i kept strong throughout al of school and it was amazzingg:))

-- Essa WAAG

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today i had no idea about what was going on until i got to school and my friends jana was not talking. i asked her why and she handed me a flyer. i read it and immediatly fell in love with the cause and idea. i have one friend that said dont do that its stupid and i just stared at him. i did not talk all day and refused to answer my teachers if someone asked me something i would just hand them the flyer.i love that we are being silent to speak out for those who were silenced by abortion.

-- callie

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today was really fun,i did end up talking a couple of times on accident but i hope today effects a lot of women.:)

-- meghan

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At my school, there were about 10 or more people participating. We all wore the armbands and our principal had sent e-mails to all of the teachers so they knew what was going on. Our principal even announced it over the announcements!! Unfortunately, it seemed that the fact that we weren't talking drew more attention than the fact that we were standing up for life, but it brought up dicussions in two of my classes. One of my teachers read the statistics from the little flyer we passed out, and several people were shocked to find out that 4,000 innocent babies are killed every day. Another teacher entirely agreed with what we were doing, and even discussed abortion in class! It was a great experience, and I am sure my friends and I will be participating next year (hopefully abortion will not exist then!!)

-- cfr

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As a first timer I was a little worried about it. There were people who said I couldn't do it and there were people who tried to make me talk, I was even offered money to talk. I didn't give in. When I got to school people stopped and read the flier and duct tape I posted on my shirt. Most of the people who read it grabed some red duct tape and joined in. All of my teachers were cool about it and respected my stand. I was surprised as to how much I prayed, I have never prayed that much in school, ever. There was originally five people doing it this morning and by the end of the day it doubled I was super happy. You never know how many people are effected by the things you do...so next time you do something make sure it's not something bad.

-- Lennon Rodriguez

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When i told our FCA (fellowship of christian athleates) about the day of silence, i received a mixed response. About 3 or 4 kids from the group said theyd do it with me but other than that no one had said a word. Today before school at our FCA meeting the lady who leads the meetings told us that she had talked to the principal and he had said that it was a that we couldnt wear tape on our mouths or our shirts. Most of the other kids were really just took their tape off like it was no big deal but i was really upset. So when i walked to my locker i saw a group of my friends who did not got to FCA they noticed i wasnt very happy. When i told them what happend they too became upset and after i had explained the event they said they would wear tape across their shirts with me. I was very exited because that was another 10 or so people who had decided to stand with me today in our protest of this terrible slaying of not only our generation but our brothers and sisters. But the amazing thing is that after every class period i had today at least another 5 kids had come to my locker and said that someone had told them about the protest and they wanted to join! I am so thankfull that I heard about this event because this american holocaust has sickend me ever since my mom first told me what abortion meant. Thank you for reading this and may God bless you.

-- Zane

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OMG today was such an amazing day! participanting for the first time is hard but it was worth it. i cant wait till next year! im going to plaster prolife all over me! thanks for giving me the opprotunity to express my views and thousands others in the fight against abortion. love peace and happiness. PRO-LIFE!!! christ forever.

-- tiffany hester

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We were not the ones to start this at our school but once we found out we couldnt even think twice about our decision. By the end almost our school of 100 was supporting pro-life day!

-- Rebecca Greene

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My story isn't as dramatic as the others this organization might recieve. I just wanted to say that a lot of people thought what I was doing was cool. Through this experience today, I realized that there were more pro-life supporters in my school. I never would have guessed there were so many, but being silent today showed me that.
This is my first time participating in this event in a public school. I did it a few years ago as a middle school event at Lighthouse Christian Academy. At LCA, the entire middle school was involved. But, we only had to be silent in the halls. In class we had to talk. Still, because of the LCA experience I had with this, I was able to find StandTrue again to participate once more. I really think this organization should have more than one silent day. Maybe if you had one in October and one in May. That would be pretty cool if that happened. Thanks for creating silent day Mr. Kemper. It really makes an impact.

-- Kara Faraldi

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I found this from a friend and I'm glad I did. I posted on myspace about it. I got alot of the school to join, which is amazing. I cant wait to do it again (:

-- Kristy Scott

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So today I was the only one in my school to participate in being silent. Last year I had more followers but this year I guess I dont know what happened. But I was silent all day at school. Im not sure if all the teachers even noticed. I had the cards I got in the mail with my shirt so when people asked I gave them one to read. I think I got more made fun of then harassed. People would just try and get me to talk but people did ask some logical questions which I answered uniquely with out talking. I did feel a little alone but it was worth it :)

-- Tonya

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a) One of my teachers FORCED me to talk. She flipped on me because I wouldn't answer her. She did the whole write up threat.. so I decide to talk and tell her "okay."
b) I wouldn't talk to one of my other teachers today so she sent me to a different room to do a butt load of extra work. In the matter of 3 minutes, three of my friends came in the room I was in saying what she was doing is wrong, and if I had to do it then they were going to do it, too.
c) I had to take the red band that had LIFE written on it off. It's apparently a symbol for something and I would get expelled for wearing it.
d) Only teacher of mine that took 15 minutes to explain today and why I was doing it to everyone, and then applaud me.
e) I had posters on my locker stating today and it's significance. When I came back from lunch, they were all on the ground riped in pieces.
f) Paper, pencils, and books were thrown at me.
g) One of my friends is no longer pro-choice thanks to me.

The only time I spoke on my own, so to say, today was when someone I knew had a question about abortion for me and wanted my opinion.
Other than that, I stayed totally silent.. And I'm very proud of myself and all of the kids in my school that made the right choice. I prayed so many times today, and I feel better then ever.

-- Maranna

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when i got to school everybody was looking at me funny, but when i started talking to them they understood where i was coming from. I was the only person at my school doing it but before the day was out i had ten of my friends with me doing it

-- Dalton Bennett

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So, today went alright.
I bought a dry-erase board yesterday so I could explain why I had tape on my mouth and such.
I actually found this event on my sister's friend's myspace, so I pretty much started it for our middle school.
But it blew me away how many people didn't take it seriously.
It was sad to see people put tape on their mouth just to get out of classwork.
Come on, that's ridiculous.
About 10 of us took it in complete seriousness, and even I didn't speak when threatened to get an F in Spanish.
Just whoever reads this for years to come:
do this event.
You will be surprised at how many people look at you differntly.
It was truly a spectacular experience.

-- Miranda

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Let's see, I saw something on my Facebook about today last night around ten. I decided to do it even though I had just found out about it, so I went to walmart at ten o'clock at night and got stuff for today.

Today was a great day...even though I talked a few times, I think I got my point across to a lot of people. I went to school this morning thinking that I was going to get nowhere with what I was doing. It turns out a lot of people supported me. Of course there were those that didn't. I thought that no one would really care about me trying to take a stand against abortion at my school, but a couple of my friends told me to give them some tape when I got to school this morning and they didn't talk for the rest of the day. I got to first hour and started to pass out the flyers, I gave one to my teacher and a huge discussion on abortion was going in the room. I wasn't expecting to get to that many people that early. I gave one to my teacher and she read it and supported me fully, but then she said that she was prochoice. By the end of second hour about half the school had heard about what i was doing and wanted to see the flyers. People were trying to get me to talk all day but I just gave them a mean look cause they knew that I was doing this for a reason they just wanted to get to me.

I strongly disagree with abortion because the way I think of it is that if my mom or grandma or anyone down the line was prochoice or if a loved one's mom or someone down the line was prochoice they may not have ever been born.

Overall today was a great day and I can't wait till next year to do it again so I will be a little bit more prepared.

-- Jamie Schraven

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This was my first time actively taking a stand with as big of a group as i did. Ya, I slipped and sputtered a word or two. But the day was still amazing. Not just because people started getting that abortion IS taking a life, but also because i am a stronger person now. Kids in our school called us everything under the sun and pinched, poked, and punched us to try to get us to talk but we stood strong. It was incredible. Our princible wouldn't let us put duct tap on our mouths, but all of us had the same shirt design which really set us apart and got us some attention. I expect tomorrow I will really be getting into debates over pro life/choice. It won't be as good as today but its still gonna be awesome. I know this little bit of my mind is crambled and scatter-brained, but i just cant get over how exiciting today was....
You can count on more people from THS to be silent next year!

-Gozzi

-- Aaron G.

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Today at the Goshen Middle School alot of kids were handing out alot of flyers and red duck tap that said LIFE and then when the girls read what it was about they wore the read tape and didn't talk all day. Some of the guys and girl felt that what we were doing was stuoid but we stud up for what we thought was right and by the end of the day there was over 100 kids at the Goshen MIdddle School that partesapted.

-- Stephanie Norman

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it was really hard for me not to talk, i'm a really talkitive person. when my teachers would call on me, i'd refuse to answer. i didn't even talk to my boyfriend, & today was the 1st day i've seen him since sunday.
all my friends thought something was wrong with me, until i wrote on paper & told them why i was doing this; after they read it, they closed their mouths to.

-- madison

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Well, today was amazing, I came to school, not talking, and everyone asked me why, I pulled out some flyers, and they asked me for some tape, after reading. They told or showed some people, and more people came asking for tape. I was one of the "huge leaders" behind it, says my friends, it was great. My tapes almost all gone. I was surprised to see the teachers being supportive of out "silent solidarity", and how many people wanted to participate, by the end of the day, about 32-35 people had came up to me making signs or asking me for tape, and being silent supporters or being talkitive supporters. I was so happy, and no one pressured me to talk, or anything. My teachers said if she asked me a questions I was obligated to talk, I agreed reluctantly, but she never called on me, so I was really greatful for that. Later on, some people came asking for flyers to read, they "aww'ed" and asked me for tape. I'm sorry for the people who got in trouble by an administrator, but it was very rare the people who did, and if you did get in trouble, it was probley because you had the tape over your mouth which is a "saftey hazard". I can't want for next year, and hopefully it will be a larger success!

-Ximena, JMRHS.

-- Ximena

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I came to school with a homemade shirt that basically said a lot of pro life things on it. I had my duct tape in my bag and when i got to school put it on my mouth. My friends looked at me like I was weird so I just handed them the fliers and other information I had printed out. After reading the flier, my friend Callie decided she would participate too. So, I wrote Life on a piece of duct tape and gave it to her. No teacher harassed me and barely any students did. I'm sure some talked about me behind my back, but all my friends we're cool with it. Most of them said they would participate too except that they don't think they could be quiet for the whole day. I haven't talked at all since I woke up. Well, actually, I accidentally said three words. But, what shocked me was that in my whole school there was only 2 of us who participated. I'm just glad to know that some of the people I gave the fliers to will have them. Or, if one day they find themselves pregnant considering abortion and just think to themselves, hey i remember that girl who didn't talk for a whole day because she was against it. And maybe that will make them change their mind.

-- Jana

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This was a really cool day for me. I started out in the morning just passing flyers out. But, later that afternoon, i started seeing others had made their own signs that said "LIFE", and had taped them to their shirts. I thouht it was really neat to see others joining with me. Today was a really good day. I can't wait till next year.

-- Nick Costello

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Today i took the vow of silence, but my friend Cassie, thought she wanted to, did not. She was told by her school dance coach that if she took the vow she would have to run extra laps during practice. Although this does not seem like a serious situation, it made me think... she cant do that. So as i was browsing this website, i saw the legal letter about schools trying to stop you. I want to thank the site for putting this on here. I am going to print it out and bring it to the dance coach tommarow to show her that was she was doing, is not only morally wrong, but legally wrong too.

-- katie

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The Day of Silent Solidarity was a very interesting day for me, and I'm sure also for the many others who also took part in it. At my school, all the teachers received the idea well. It was the other students who gave us all a lot of persecution for being pro life. There were hurtful words and others just showing out. Through the persecution I believe God showed me something. Even though we may undergo persecution, we are standing up for our beliefs. We have so much more in Jesus Christ than just a voice. We have salvation and deliverance from everything. Whether you are Christian or not, you have done a selfless act today(hopefully) in giving up your voice for those that will never have one. I wanted to extend my thankfulness and encouragement to those of you who did and also prayed.

-- Lindsey Storey

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Most of my teachers supported my cause.
Alot of the teachers who got me in trouble,
are teachers who have previously had abortions.

I felt sorry for them.

-- Erik.

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This day of silence was very interesting for me. i have done it many times before but at a different high school. Naugatuck high school has almost a thousand more people then my old school and the students here reacted differently. I was made fun of and harassed by the students, some teachers, and even some of my own friends! Just because of my own beleifs! But that didnt stop me from standing up for what i beleave in. For my friends that maked fun of me and harassed me, if they were really my friends then they woudnt do such things. btu all is well. In the end of the day i had gotten into a fist fight with some guy who thought i was being rediculous because i do not beleave in abortion. when i got home my mother even yelled at me becuase im not like her. But thats only the bad about today. In concluzion for all the good. I helped get some other people to realize that its okay to stand up for what your beleifs are. I even had gotten a lot of other people to join in on the day of silence and to understand my point of view. it was a great day to me in my opinion and nothing can make me think other wise.

-- kyra vaituzis

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well it went off good in the morning meh nd mi friend duck taped our mouths but we had to take tht off but my friend got introuble nd the teacher said if u dont take the tape off ur arm he would get detention i think it was pretty was but wat ev i rlly liked it i got a ton of pics with friends nd had tape everywhere it was on legs i had 2 pieces there nd on mi ass nd i made a ring nd braclet on it too i made a shirt on mi own it said will you give your voice for one day for those who will never have 1? nd on bac it had the date nd LIFE

-- adriane

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i'm an artist, and i've always wanted to paint something that has to do with pro-life values. but i actually didn't have the time to paint something that beautiful or today, so i thought that this simple poster would suffice... ;]

-- maría colosi

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It's not much of a story, but I just want to say that this is a great way to get our voices heard, in a different way. I didn't know about this day until a few nights ago, so it didn't give me much time to prepare and rally some people for it, but I got quite a few people to join me today, and the people who didn't know the day existed, said they would do it next year. I wasn't surprised that NO ONE at my school even knew about the day until I told them, but I prepared myself by making wristbands for everyone who just shares the pro-life view but not necessarily take the vow of silence. So thank you, for this opportunity.

-- Quynh-Giao Nguyen

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we got told we should take are fight somewere else an not in school an to take are tape off are mouth

-- mc

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Well, this is my first time ever participating in Silent Day.
It was...eventful but sort of frustrating.
When I first got to school people were staring at me and my boyfriend, we were the first of the several to arrive in protest.
We had the tapes on our mouths, and my boyfriend had a whole shirt with all sorts of quotes and junk.
Then my other friend, Burgandi showed up and was silent and wanted tape, we had told her beforehand, we provided.
We sat around for a moment, with the fliers in hand and Burg ran around, hugging folks, and they immediately all asked why she had tape on her mouth, so she gave them the flier.
See, our friend Nicole first told us of this, I had heard of it before, but she posted an ad on her Myspace and so I wanted to do it as soon as I saw it.
Nicole and her sister came when the bell rang, and we saw eachother, nodded and smiled behind our tape, and kept going.
First Period was fine, I had told my teacher beforehand that I was going to be silent, he was fine. He only made like a few little jests my way, but he was totally fine.
But when I went to second period I came in, and then I was taken out and asked to take off my tape because it was a distraction,and the teacher told me that there was a time and place for everything, so says God in the Bible or whatever, I was mad. I wasn't the only one, pretty much all of the protestors were told to take off their tape. I was furious. But I stayed silent, except when people asked me what I was protesting.
In second period everyone was really intrigued and one dude read it out loud, the flier, before I was taken out, when I went back in they were all pissed that I was told to take it off, but I was still silent.
Then third period, I was still quite but had my tape on my arm and things, then lunch came around, and my boyfriend, Marquis, put tape on his cheek but then the vice Principal called him over and basiccaly told him he had no rights and that he couldn't protest. But he respectfully debated and told her did have rights and the was going against abortion, she used some lame example of it being foolish enough as being against killing baby whales and bringing out a huge whale on the lawn, which totally was not the same as wearing tape. Finally after more dbating she gave up and told him not to wear tape on his face.
So he put it on his shirt.
Throughout the day bunches of students were approving what we were doing. Some though it was just a way to joke and try to make us talk, others were totally for it.
I only had one girl say she was Pro-Choice but it was respectful, but I told her why it was wrong, and she mainly agreed, but was mainly saying in the end how she just didn't want to be told what to do by the government, but I told her as well some others how if you were raped, then give the baby up for adoption, it isn't the baby's fault, it's an innocent being born into bad conditions.
They agreed and said they prolly wouldn't kill it but give it up if that was the case.

At one point in the day my youth pastor called the school, saying he didn't know there was a limit to our rights on that sort of stuff supposably he was told of us having to take off our tape.
But anyways, save for the drama here and there.
I think the Day of Silence was an awesome way to alert our peers of the danger and the abominations of killing innocent babies just because a woman thinks it is best, when it totally is not.

I am so glad to have been apart, and I am so happy that my mom chose to kept me, and I know it hurts God's heard to have to welcome home thousands of innocent people before their time.
I heard a man say that it was funny how the people who want to kill innocent babies are the same ones who want to save the life of a guilty murderer.

So, yes, thank you for establishing this day, maybe one day people will finally understand the horror of abortion.

Much Love in Christ,
Reyne

-- Reyne

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Today, October 21rst, 2008 I remained silent from the moment I awoke till then end of the school day. I amazed myself at how well I did so, and barely talked, the only time i did was after spilling my tray on myself, i said "EW!" Abortion is a cruel and horrible thing I believe, and was able to show my school and fellow class mates I can stand up for what I believe in. I wore red rubber bracelts and wrote PRO-LIFE all over me. I inspired a few of my class mates too! They all too, shushed their mouthes for a good cause. I even was confronted by a dear friend of mine, she told me she might be pregnant.. She was afraid and had no where to go. I wrote back and forth to her in notes and she is convinced on getting an abortion if she is.. It hurts me but I still will support her, and try to change her mind. I had overrall a great silent day!

-- Lee F.

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i participated in the day of silence and everyone in school found it as a day to harass me. no one really understood about abortion. it was actually a really frustrating day. i kept getting asked if i was for or against abortion and if i was just against certain circumstances for abortion. i guess i'm against it all. i mean if a little girl or even a women would get raped. pray that doesn't happen. and she wants and abortion its understandable. i mean y should she give up her life for a baby that she never wanted. it's not that she would be giving up her life. if anything she could live out the nine months and have the baby then know that she isn't fit to be a mother and that she can't raise that child correctly she should have the strength and the will power to give the baby up for adoption. give a gift to a couple or just one person who can't have a child themselves.

-- Caitlynn Glenn

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I have the red tape over my mouth right now as I type this, and even though it's itchy...it's well worth it. I think it's amazing how many other students put tape on their mouths or arms and didn't speak for this cause, I'm proud of my school (those who did do it), and I hope we were heard.

-- Sharane

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Today at school everyone was taking it as a joke.They were laughing and tring to make me talk.I mean I'm there tring to take it serious and there acting like it's a big joke.

-- Kiana

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Life Tape Seige 2008

-- Meghan Harris

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When I got to school I realized how many people actualy were participating and I was so happy to see that so many people care about the little babies who died. Every class I went to people asked me why I was wearing the arm bands and I told them. No one was mad and evryone was real supportive and respectful of my and other peoples veiws.

-- Elizabeth

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we paarticipated in the prolife day today, and there were 13 of us who stuck through it and stood our ground, others caved when people talked, we were challenged all day because people told us all day that it is a choice and we ignored there ridiculous comment al though one girl went from being pro-choice, to pro-life just by seeeing us stand our grounds. we also had locker signs that got torn down many times but we continued to hang them up we printed 100 copies and we ended with 1 left. this day was a learning experience to many, but to us it is a day to change others ives.

-- shelby shaffer