Zoe Griffin is 11 years old. She is also an abortion abolitionist who was verbally assaulted by pro-abortion activists. Here is her own 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.”
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“and a child shall lead them.”
pretty sad when a young girl outclasses a mob of so-called adults.
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But so hopeful for the future, is it not? The biggest pro-abort demographic is the 60s hippie crowd that’s retiring and dying. As you track backwards from old to young, the pro-life numbers go up. Also consider the longitudinal study of abortion opinion I did once that showed support for life goes UP with age.
ADD these facts together … the Dumbest Generation is dying, people generally become more pro-life as they mature, and Zoe’s generation is growing up pro-life. I am very excited about this!
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This article and story repulses me. She is an eleven year old child, for God’s sake! Eleven! Comprehend? Eleven! Eleven year olds should not be burdened with ADULT issues. Eleven year olds SHOULD NOT be sent into battle. Irresponsible parenting. No better, in the parenting department, than the Occupiers taking their Eleven year olds to scream their mantras. Or the parents that let their children, on a school day, accompany teachers to do union protesting. I am pro life and find this story, not heroic, but repulsive.
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I had an 11-year-old who would have insisted on being there.
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Hoot, I get what you’re saying, and I’m also repulsed with the use of children as political pawns, but I disagree on 3 points. Eleven is not a child, and most of our kids were certified babysitters by eleven, meaning that they were prepared to die, if necessary, to protect the children under their watch. If they are not learning about God and where the rubber meets the road by eleven, then how long should they wait? Some saints died by that age. Secondly, I don’t see passive prayer vigils as adult business. If a mom needs to be there, then her children, of any age, can be there. Children of any age are subjected to physical and emotional violence in the home, which is widespread; they can certainly be exposed to a little adult disagreement in the outside world, which is much less traumatic. Thirdly, they are not political pawns in this case. Abortion is not, and cannot be, a strictly party issue. It’s a life issue. This eleven-year-old was not made to carry a political sign with an OWS slogan or a republican party logo. A child is, by its nature, a living symbol of the life movement. Let no one say that they should not be seen as such, and participate as such, wherever that may be.
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Good points, Grunt. I hadn’t remember babysitting, but you’re absolutely right.
I have been thinking since about my 3 at age 11. #1 was precocious about the teen thing and would not have wanted to be seen in public with me at that age. #3 was still doing her shy thing and would have been unwilling to attend a public event. (After college, she joined the Marine Corps, having clearly gotten over the shy thing LOL.)
But #2 … at the age of 10, she organized and ran her own summer soccer camp for 6 year olds in our back yard. I was the “adult on site” but I did NOTHING apart from assure parents that our kids would be supervised and actually supervise.
That kid has been strong-willed and incredibly focused on her next goal since before she was born. In fact, she burst on to the scene before any of us were ready … I swear to God, I did NOT push!
In high school, she got herself a scholarship to an elite summer drama camp and then to a top college. She put herself through college in four years and graduated with a self-designed double major that included a summer in Italy and a semester in UK. Her senior year, she worked five jobs AND got top grades.
As soon as she graduated, she left for boot camp. She was awarded a Bronze Star medal for her outstanding service in military intelligence during the Surge in Iraq.
When I read Zoe’s article, she reminded me of #2 kid. I think that’s why I posted the article, to be honest. If I had ever been involved in the kind of event they were at, my #2 would have demanded to be included and there would have been hell to pay if I’d presumed to tell her she was too young.
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