This is in answer to Mr. Thurston’s legitimate, though shallow, question posed in his Oct. 17 letter (“Are demonstrators doing their own part?”).

Regarding local families who stood along Highway 20 “holding anti-abortion signs and signs that read to adopt children,” he asked, “How many children have those families adopted?”

I don't know the total number, but after brainstorming with my wife for five minutes,we came up with 21 children whom we can personally name. Is that enough for you, Mr. Thurston?

Not withstanding that some of them did not participate in this year's Life Chain, since several of those little ones are infants and toddlers. I am sure that with a little more time and research, we could come up with another 20 children pretty quickly.

But that's not really the point, is it? What is the main point? I think it is a question of convenience versus sacrifice.

When the abortion holocaust is another chapter in American history... When we visit the newest museum in Washington, D.C. called the American Holocaust Museum... When we reflect on all the lives who never were... What will we be able to say to ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren?

Will we be remembered like the Corrie Ten Boom family, who defied their government's edict to displace and kill Jews? Will we be remembered like Harriet Tubman, who defied the system of her day to help slaves attain freedom?

What personal sacrifice were we willing to make as an individual? Or did we choose the convenience of ignorance and apathy?

Jon Law
Yuba City