Gen Xer: I Took Abortion For Granted, Yet Millennials Are Showing This Awful Practice Can End

Guest Author, Tasha Troy : Jan 28, 2015
Bound4Life.com

"I have come to believe that the issue of abortion is the root of this culture of death, and a key to widespread cultural change is the end of abortion in our country."

As a member of Generation X, abortion has always seemed to me to be simply an ugly aspect of America—something that has always existed in the back of my consciousness, but not something that weighed on my heart. Now my outlook on defending pre-born lives is changing. (Photo: During March for Life 2015, millennials pray at the U.S. Supreme Court Matt Lockett)

On October 4, 2014—the ten-year anniversary of when the Justice House of Prayer was established in DC—I participated in my first Silent Siege, standing for one hour in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.

An hour of praying and worshipping—silently.

An hour of people looking at us, as if we were a tourist attraction.

An hour of engaging God.

The experience impacted me more deeply than I had expected. To stand for a full hour in silence, praying—for our country, for the ending of abortion, for revival—shook me to my core.

How often do we grow weary of pressing into God in prayer after 5, 10, 15 minutes? As I went deeper, I believe I began to sense the Father's heart. For so long I had turned my eyes away from the issue of life, but no longer.

If the Baby Boomer generation allowed Roe v. Wade and abortion-on-demand to be established, Generation X has passively accepted it as "the way things are." However, in the past few years, I've really been challenged by the millennials I've encountered to begin to question, to confront, and to advocate for change.

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