As the school bus rumbled past me, an angry high school student yelled obscenities at me from his open window. I was standing in front of a high school at 7 a.m. with an active pro-life family, holding posters showing aborted fetuses and signs saying, "Abortion Kills Children." The family had decided to go to area high schools and display their signs to high school students. Educating people about what abortion really is is important to me, so I had offered to go with them. Over the next two weeks, I went with them to several high schools and a few other places. Many people swore at us and "gave us the finger." Some people gave us a thumbs up as they drove by. And at least one lady was weeping as she drove by us.
             I didn't get up early and stand in the cold because I like to do that. I did it because I believe that every baby is a gift created and wanted by God. But abortions destroy that precious gift, causing great pain both for the mother and for the developing baby.
             The way in which unborn babies form is truly amazing. As I was researching their development, it awed me that I, too, started as only a single cell in my mother's body. At my conception, the newly formed cell contained all 46 chromosomes needed to form my body--a full package of instructions for every part of me. At about three weeks after my conception, my heart pumped my own blood through my body, and my heart beat was strong enough to be picked up by a sonogram. By the end of the first four weeks I was fully formed, although I was only about the size of a pea. I had simple kidneys, a liver, a digestive tract, and a primitive umbilical cord. At seven weeks, I was still less than one inch long, but I had a face with eyes, lips, tongue, and teeth buds in my gums. My hands were formed, and I had a distinct thumb, permanent palm, and fingerprints. During the ninth and tenth weeks, my nerve-muscle connections became stronger. All my bod
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