This is another video worth your time. According to Pete Chagnon of OneNewsNow:
Lia is a preteen from Canada who decided to speak out against abortion in her school's speech contest, despite teachers and school officials who encouraged her to pick a different topic. Lia's mother says Lia was told by school officials that if she chose the topic of abortion, she would not be allowed to participate in the speech contest. But both were surprised when Lia's pro-choice teacher had a change of heart. Her mother continued, "Her teacher was really impressed by this speech and perhaps moved by it, and therefore her teacher kind of was a real supporter of [Lia] winning for the class, and she had to go through a couple of hoops and get clearance from a couple of other teachers before she could be declared winner of the class."
Another controversy erupted when the panel of judges had a supposed big disagreement and one stepped down. Initially Lia was disqualified, but later the panel declared her the winner. She was asked to take out this portion of her speech: "[F]etuses are definitely humans knit together in their mother's womb by their wonderful Creator who knows them all by name." After Lia was told to remove that portion of her speech, she took time to think about her decision and ultimately decided to leave it in.
I believe there are many more like Lia in our midst. And as long as they are willing to take a stand for their convictions, there is a hope and a future.
Will you stand with them?
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