Surely Silence Won't Continue

On Tuesday, January 15, Donna Holman appeared in front of Judge Karen Egerton in Iowa City's Johnson County court room for a revocation hearing. Donna appeared silent in front of the judge against the injustice of her conviction of Disorderly Conduct, for which her probation was being revoked. Her silence was in solidarity with the preborn that are not heard (the definition of the word "silent") and for whom she advocates at the doors of Planned Parenthood and Emma Goldman abortion chambers.

Now who's going to do the work Donna cannot do any longer? Are the dozens of preborn children going to have no one from Iowa City to advocate on their behalf? Will the entrance to Planned Parenthood and Emma Goldman be silent while Donna is prevented from attending? Who will appeal to the mother's with a ministry of life? We hope some soul will step up to fill her place.

A couple of us were talking to a young man who was agreeing with us that there was no justice in Judge Egerton's court room, and he said when his trouble is over, he'll "expose the injustice..." I find his words to be not unlike the words spoken by all of the other prolife people, whose inaction belies their words. Talk is cheap! Being pro-life is about believing and acting like the preborn children killed by abortion are human beings just the same as those who are born. This young man doesn't care about the injustice of Judge Egerton's court, as much as the trouble of his own predicament. His self-service is too obvious.

Surely Donna and Dan Holman are not the only people in Iowa who are willing to act like their prolife beliefs are true. Surely someone will take Donna's place in front of Planned Parenthood and Emma Goldman to be a voice for those who do not have one. Surely silence won't continue. We'll see.