Pro-life spotlight Vol. 8: “Our humanity doesn’t begin at birth, and it doesn’t end at the border.”

The border, the border, the border. It’s so heavy to think about. Children are, by definition, innocent. We are, by definition, obligated to help the innocent. There’s no “but we have to teach their parents a lesson” clause or “they should never have come” loophole or “my grandparents did it the right way” excuse note. Children are innocent. We are obligated to help the innocent. 

People are aching to give detained kids food and blankets, diapers, toys, and anything to make them feel like someone cares about them; but they are not accepting donations at detention centers. 

So you help where you can. When migrants are released from detainment, often after tireless legal intercession by groups like Immigrant Families Together, they are in desperate need. Respite centers, where migrants go when they are released, are accepting donations. 

New Wave Feminists, a secular pro-life group founded by the irrepressible Destiny Herndon De La Rosa, has organized a massive pro-life effort, with over fifty pro-life sponsors from across the political spectrum, to bring supplies and funds to the people on the ground ministering to people in dire need. 

“Our humanity doesn’t begin at birth, and it doesn’t end at the border,” it says on NWF’s donation page. They will pass all donations until July 13th along to help families at the border.

“We should be able to stand with the vulnerable wherever they are,” Herndon-De La Rosa said, “and that extends beyond the womb.”

They have reached the capacity of how many physical goods they can haul to respite centers, but they are still gratefully accepting donations, which they will pass along to two respite centers and a legal aid fund that works to reunite families by helping them through the legal system and posting their bails. 

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Previous volumes of Pro-life Spotlight:

We Dignify

Gadbois mission trip to Bulgarian orphanage

Mary’s Shelter in VA

China Little Flower

Immigrant Families Together

Rio Grande Valley Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center

If you know or have worked with an organization that works to build a culture that cherishes human life, please drop me a line at simchafisher at gmail dot com with “pro-life spotlight” in the title.

 

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10 thoughts on “Pro-life spotlight Vol. 8: “Our humanity doesn’t begin at birth, and it doesn’t end at the border.””

  1. Does catholic charities do any work with the citizens whose lives they are helping to wreck by working alongside and cooperating the human traffickers, coyotes and drug cartels? to lower wages, decrease job and housing prospects and so forth? I have to compete directly with illegals and migrants of all stripes in my work. Ive never seen catholic charities or any life wreckers like Destiny approach me with any offer of help.

    2. I seriously doubt this comment will get past moderation, but I need to say it:

      Bugger off and die of something painful.

  3. They opened it up for more physical supplies– someone donated the use of a 18 wheeler to bring more stuff down there.

    You can find the Amazon registry link for that on And Then There Was None’s Facebook page.

      1. They said choose the registry address for ‘Nancy’ when you check out. Sorry, just realized I needed to add this.

    1. That’s awesome. They have a chapter in Rio Grande that is doing great work with migrants at the border.

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