Frank shows up to pick up his wife, Jenny, who had joined a Pro-life group outside an abortion clinic. The group had committed to stand together outside the clinic until 5:00pm. It is now 5:10pm, and everyone has left, except Jenny.

Jenny tells her husband, "Just  leave the signs for me. The person who owns the signs is very particular how they are placed in that large case over there. So, could you please just watch the signs until I get back from the bathroom?"

Frank replies, "Sure ..."

Jenny reassures him, "I won't be long ...I'll go to the restaurant across the street."

As Frank stands there, a teenager or young adult girl drive up, leaping out of her car. She begins pulling signs up, throwing them to the ground, hollering, "What right do you have telling me what I can or cannot do!?!  What does a man know about a woman's feelings!?!"

Frank explains, "I just came here to pick up my wife ...she went across the street, and said she'd be right back.  As far as knowing about a woman's feelings ...well, I in no way claim to know yours, but I do know about my wife's feelings.  I know she's not going to be happy about you throwing the signs around."

Jenny comes running across the street, and grabs the other end of a sign that the girl was about to grab, "You can't throw our signs around ...we have the right to be here!"

The girl glares at Jenny, "Speaking of rights, you have no right to interrupt ...I was talking to your husband, so stay out of it!"

Jenny protests, "Can you talk without throwing things?"

The girl stops throwing the signs, and runs over to get right into Frank's face, "You might tell your wife what to do, but you have no right to tell someone like me what to do.  What do you know about what a woman has to go through?"

Frank takes one step back, "I'll tell you if you stop long enough to listen."

The young girl laughs, "This ought to be good!  Okay, wise guy ...go ahead, since you know it all.  You have two minutes!"

Frank doesn't know what to say, and admits it, "Well, I don't personally know anything about how exactly women feel ...and the way I figure it, someone like you would come around to tell me how.  That's why I don't stand here ...why I leave that to the women. But, what I do know is what a lot of women tell me their feelings are." 

The young girl challenges, "Are you one of those nutty counselors?"

Frank feels a bit more relaxed, "No ...I'm just a regular nut, who feels he has a bit of sense.  I feel if a rape is involved, then the victim has a right to be angry.  That woman who has had a horrific and violent violation of her person ...should shoulder no blame for having been victimized.  Aside from that important fact, most women that get pregnant are not the result of rape ...but, rather it is the result of a consensual act.  And most often the  woman would be thrilled to have the man's baby ...but, it is the sting of the reality of life that gets them."

The young girl says, "Okay, you're off the clock ...but, are you sure you're not a counselor or somethin'?"

Frank laughs, "No, like I said, I'm just a regular guy ...but I used to run track ...and I get edgy when I'm being timed, so thanks for taking me off the clock."

The young girl makes scowls when he laughs, "Just make it quick ...I've got more important things to do, like pulling more signs!  And what do yo mean by the sting of reality? You better not be making fun of me!"

Frank, straight-faced, answers her, "No, I'd never do that!  What I meant is that one moment most guys and girls are thinking they are doing what they both want ...then usually comes the reality of placing the moment before the person."

Jenny interrupts, "What's the matter, your wife say you can't mention the word sex around other girls?"

Franks looks at her in the eye, "No, I guess it is hard to talk about abortion without the mention of sex. I was just saying that most guys and girls that choose to have sex aren't anticipating a follow-up emotion of suddenly feeling alone or betrayed.  It may briefly begin as disillusionment or denial of their fear of rejection when  having sex doesn't develop the bond they had anticipated ...but, often it quickly becomes anger like it seems you are."

Jenny scowls, "So, I'm angry ...you say all that, just to say I'm angry?"

Frank quickly says, "No, no ...it's okay to be angry, and it makes total sense to be angry.  I would help you tear up signs if it helped the situation, but people end up tearing up babies.  The anger is okay ...it's just what people do with the anger.  Look how you're angry with me ....I never betrayed you, and I'm not trying to say women have no rights.  Women have the right to be angry ...it's just not right to take it out on a defenseless life that is in the most delicate stage of being a baby. Aside from rape, women do very often make those choices to have sex ...but, that leaves no rights at all to the baby."

Jenny loudly protests, "It's always the woman and the baby ...the women and the baby ...where does the guy come in?"

Frank reassures her, "You're right ...yes, it does seem unfair.  But, if the woman already feels she's been punished ...why join the unfairness by being unfair yourself? You are not only joining the guy that you're mad at ...by being unfair to the baby, yo also punish yourself."

Jenny frowns, "How do I punish myself?"

Frank doesn't quite know what he is going to say, but he has got himself into this, "I'm referring to the women who've already had an abortion.  Once it's done, you can't undo it.  You can tell me how far off I am ...but, after an abortion, a woman usually has some sort of feeling about it.  And no, I'm not claiming to know about women's feelings ...but, usually their are three basic categories of the direction those feelings go."

Jenny rolls her eyes, "So, now I'm just a category?"

Frank quickly clarifies, "No, you are a very important human being ...yet, let's not ignore or deny that the aborted baby was once a living one too.  And it's not putting you in category ...it's more a direction that a person lets their feelings grow in. One often feels unending regret, pain, and guilt ...and that is not what we are out here for. We are not here to make anyone live their whole life with guilt ...the whole idea is to try to convince women not to have the abortion, because so many know how unbearable the pain is after an abortion is chosen.  Others who've hd an abortion, feels that same pain, but they don't continue to allow it to destroy them ...they take that sorrow, and stand with the commitment to tell others not to make the same mistake that they have. Sadly, the option way too many take is the path recommended by those who support abortion ...and it leads to denial, in words, but never can their heart really accept what they are loudly protesting because the heart knows.  The way out for them is only to harden their hearts ...and try to be louder that the quiet truth that will never leave them. They think they can shout it away, but they can't. And since they can't ...they continue to shout and loudly protest."

Jenny protest, "Well, you're wrong ...I've never had an abortion, and I'm loud."

Frank looks her in the eye, "Well, seems like you already have a head start on that hard heart. An abortion is not the only way to get one.  Anger comes in many shapes and sizes ...and from many sources.  That's why people who protest get so many followers ...they don't have to experience what the other person has, they just have to have experienced anger, and they can easily relate to that.  There may seem to be many different campaigns out there, but most of them are not that different ...as the main thrust of them is anger.  Why not address what your real anger is ...and not mistakenly allow it to destroy another. Abortion is not the answer. On a space mission ...abort means to totally give up on your initial goal.  And our goal is life, for everyone ...and we should never give up on that."