Farm Fair Facts
 by Leigh Heller and Bob Brown
By all accounts, the HCRTL booth at the Harford County Farm Fair was a success: 275 bumper stickers were given away, more than 500 “Precious Ones” were “adopted,” and many people signed up in support of parental notification as well as to
receive the HCRTL newsletter.
However, the greatest success could not be calculated by numbers, nor was it represented in the items and materials given away. The most exciting part of the experience came in the reactions that young people had to the displays at the
booth. Large numbers of teenagers, young women especially, came to look at and hold the unborn baby models. They came exclaiming, “Here are the babies that So-and-So was talking about,” having searched for the HCRTL booth upon the
recommendation of their friends.
Volunteering at the booth was easy; the set-up was non-threatening and encouraged people to stop, look, and touch. Visitors could watch the ultrasound video, hold the true-weight unborn baby models, listen to the volunteers’ explanations,
and read  the printed materials. Most visitors had very positive reactions: for every scowl directed at the volunteers and wide berth made around the booth, there were five or six comments like, “Bless you for being here” and “Keep up the good
work.”
Although Harford County is one of the strongest pro-life counties in Maryland, there is still a lot of ignorance of basic facts and current laws. For example, many people falsely thought that abortion was illegal after three months. Still,
the most rewarding part for the volunteers was the opportunity to answer the questions that the young people raised, many of whom then chose to sign up to receive the newsletter. It was amazing to see their reaction when the lies and
disinformation of the pro-abortion machine were stripped away by the single, simple event of holding a true-weight, size, and form unborn baby model in their arms.
There is no way to know what the young people will do with the “Precious Ones” or written materials that they took away from the booth, but one has to believe that their exposure to truth and compassion has planted seeds that will save the
life of many unborn children.
(c) 2004 Harford County Right to Life
September 2004 Newsletter |
