Pro-lifers need to express compassion for women in crisis pregnancies or who have had abortions as much as we express our commitment to the right to life of the child in the womb, said Dr. David Reardon of the Elliott Institute to the 2010 Alliance For Life Ontario conference.

That was the essence of his talk, entitled “Ending abortion with compassion.” He did not suggest that pro-lifers lack compassion for the women in crisis pregnancies, but by concentrating on the rights of the baby in the womb, we sometimes fail to express sufficiently our concern for and sensitivity towards women in difficulty.

He presented his talk in four themes:

1. The pressure women feel to abort
2. The effect of abortion on women
3. The need for healing
4. The pro-life agenda

Click here for a review of his talk.