Rehumanize International

It's been one year since the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision overturned Roe v. Wade. Thousands of lives have already been spared from the violence of abortion. Today is certainly a day to celebrate — but it is also a day to reflect on how far we still have to go.

"They do not teach this in medical school. But I’ve always known not to give up and not to make snap decisions in these life or death situations." 

"What is in no doubt is that if abortion medication becomes available at any Walgreens or CVS with very little oversight, the consequences for women and unborn children could be catastrophic. As always, more marginalized and vulnerable women will be most at risk from reproductive coercion. We must do all we can to keep this insidious abortion violence out of our communities and drugstores."

"We are pro-life conservatives, moderates, and liberals united in our conviction that every human life has value—including the lives of both the unborn child and that child’s mother."

Dr. Mildred Jefferson was the first Black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School. She was also a trailblazer in the early pro-life movement, a founding member of the National Right to Life Committee who is often credited as someone who influenced Ronald Reagan's conversion to the anti-abortion cause.

Here's one of our favorite quotes from Dr. Jefferson: "I am not willing to stand aside and allow the concept of expendable human lives to turn this great land of ours into just another exclusive reservation where only the perfect, the privileged, and the planned have the right to live."

"Nobody's free until everybody's free" ~Fannie Lou Hamer

"Inside the Beast" by Sarah Terzo, a prior Create | Encounter winner

There are 10 days left to submit to this year's edition of Create | Encounter! If you write, paint, compose, craft, or pursue any creative endeavors, consider submitting to this annual art contest: http://rehumanizeintl.org/create-encounter

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(Image text: Inside the Beast by Sarah Terzo

When others drove with their headlights on and tied yellow ribbons onto trees we wore black and walked to school. When torches lit, and oil fields burned when flames rose into Iraqi skies we came together, voices shouting “No bombs, no blood for oil!” In 1990 war was easy to oppose.

We knew they burned cities into skeletons. left human bodies black and charred Broken-backed buildings, seared hot as the sun Hurricane winds stole breath. When the bombs thundered down louder than all reason, they left streets like tombs, covered in ash. What monsters they, we said.

The day was warm, the grass was innocent green. Clear skies turned black and white with smoke Planes became guided missiles, bringing death. The news showed tumbling bodies Blood on the pavement in our shining city. Darkness spread across the earth as the towers fell.

A nation cried out for revenge A million throats screamed raw Blood for blood, death for death Good people threw down banners and enlisted Kings and princes stoked the flames of war. And the smoke got in our eyes, we could not see. A carnivorous beast had swallowed us whole We were consumed.

Since we're starting our Tumblr back up, we thought a good place to start would be a basic explanation of our foundational philosophy: the Consistent Life Ethic (CLE).