Roe v. Wade in Rochester, NY

  Roe v. Wade in Rochester, NY
by Rev. Mike Warren

What's wrong with this baby?

On January 22, 2004, with the snow blowing and the wind chills in single digits, 21 believers gathered to hold a Memorial Service for unborn children killed in Rochester, NY.

We began the assembly at a statue dedicated to a man who courageously stood for truth and morality in his day. Fredrick Douglass was a former slave, abolitionist leader and resident of Rochester. He was a leader calling for this nation to repent and turn from the immoral institution of slavery. He saw and lived in a time when his people were legally made property by the U.S.Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. In his day, believers, who dared to act on their faith by aiding slaves' flight to Canada , were harassed, fined and imprisoned.

His monument graces a Rochester park and a historical marker locates the site where his home, a stop on The Underground Railroad, once stood. It's just a block from a large abortion providing hospital in Rochester.

Fredrick Douglass' words are emblazoned on his monument and statue. "One with God is a majority." With that in mind we walked the one block The Highland Hospital and held a service to remember innocent children killed by abortion in Rochester, NY. It's been 31 years since Roe vs. Wade decriminalized abortion.

It's imperative that we who name the name of Christ never forget and never forsake the least and most defenseless among us. In the words of Fredrick Douglass, "One with God is a majority."

Submitted by,

Rev. Mike Warren
Director of Rescue Rochester