Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

Those lawmakers intent on waging the so-called “war on women” may need to tone down their rhetoric as pro-abortion supporters reportedly attacked an 11 year-old girl outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) for nothing more than seeing the girl strew flowers and write pro-life messages with chalk on the sidewalk.

According to Bryan Kemper, youth director for Priests for Life, the event took place on Friday outside the DNC. Griffin was there as part of the Stand True Activist group, a pro-life organization dedicated to educating youth about abortion, and was lining up flowers and writing pro-life slogans on the sidewalk when a group of abortion activists showed up. The women began to belittle Griffin and scream at her for her pro-life position.

“I could write a lot about this and how much I am sickened by what happened, but I wanted to let Zoe tell you in her own words what happened and why she will never quit being a Stand True Activist,” Kemper writes.

The following is Zoe’s account of the incident:

“Hi, I’m Zoe. Something happened Friday night that a friend wanted me to blog about. I don’t have Facebook or Twitter or anything like that so I’m borrowing my mom’s page for now.

“What happened was a pro-life rally. We had showed up when only 4 people were there. I guess we were supposed to get there early. As more and more people came, a car arrived. A woman came out and opened the trunk. There were 3,300 carnations in the back of that car. We started to unload and unwrap the flowers. Lily, Bella, and I started to write pro-life statements with chalk on the sidewalks when some pro-abortionists came.

They were holding signs and chanting: “A baby’s not a baby till it comes out, that’s what birthdays are all about!” They were blowing whistles and jumping around acting like 5-year-old children. I was so sad that these people were so blinded I started crying. Then we started laying down the flowers all across the sidewalk. When we finished, the line of carnations was probably a mile long. A pro-life woman let me hold a crucifix that she had. I started clutching it close to my heart. My knees were shaking, so were my hands.

“The pro-abortionists turned to us and started pointing at different people, saying, “You’re a person! You’re a person! Fetuses are not!” Then the woman saw me crying and said,” You are making this girl cry with your bull____”. I couldn’t stand any more of those lies. They pushed it too far. In the highest-pitched voice I have ever spoken in, I screamed, ‘THEY ARE NOT THE ONES MAKING ME CRY! YOU ARE! WITH YOUR DARK HEARTS, YOUR DARK MINDS TURNED AGAINST GOD!’

“My mom ran over to me, put her hand on my shoulder, and calmed me down. Then she went up to them and said, ‘HOW DARE YOU ATTACK A CHILD LIKE THAT!’  While she was yelling, pro-lifers came over to me to calm me down. My whole body was shaking. Our friend, Mrs. McKinney, took me, Jack, and Bella to a CVS that was nearby. We got water and chips and went back. I sat down on a bench when a man from the Charlotte Observer came over to me and started interviewing me. Once he was done, a man came over and gave us ice cream. While I was eating, the pro-abortionists left. Then we started to clean up.

“On the way home I felt sorry that I yelled at those people. I told my mom, and she said, “Do you know why you feel that way? It’s because you have a heart. You have a conscience, and you know what’s right and what’s wrong. Those people attacked you like that because they don’t have a heart.”

I will never, ever forget what happened last night. I had a dream that night that they all converted to pro-life activists. I hope that dream becomes a reality.”

The abortion issue is contentious enough without the added fuel of lawmakers who insist on waging their phony “war on women” to score political points. The Cecile Richards, Nancy Pelosis and Sandra Flukes need to tone it down this week rather than stoke the passions of their own supporters who are proving – before the convention even begins – that they can easily make this contrived “war” blow up in their faces.

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