Word: vigil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Grady's family kept an anxious vigil all week. "When you're not in control of a situation that involves a person you love with all your heart, you go crazy," said Stacey, who was born on Scott's third birthday in 1968. That was an audacious usurpation of the limelight for which her older brother, she says, never quite forgave her and that, until now, he has been unable to undo. "You grasp for hope and a prayer." Plus one other thing. During the final two nights of O'Grady's ordeal, Stacey slept with her brother...
...went to the clinic because a friend of mine, an individual very active in the pro-life movement, invited me to go. My decision to go was not easy, however. I must confess that I had some major misgivings about going to the vigil. Although I haven't wavered on the issue of abortion, I have had some serious doubts about the wisdom and usefulness of pro-life protests...
...once prayer vigil began my doubts began to disappear. We were doing nothing disruptive. We were simply praying the rosary quietly. The prochoice protesters were shouting, their faces filled with rage. They rattled homemade noisemakers to break our concentration. But we persevered in prayer, in a manner that was unobtrusive, humble and devoid of anger...
...clinic, the image I had in my mind of a pro-lifer was a decidedly negative one. I imagined this person as a deeply religious, Southern white male, probably uneducated, probably racist and fairly low on the socioeconomic ladder. But when I looked around myself at the vigil, I saw people from all walks of life. Men and women, Blacks and whites, young and old were gathered together in prayer...
...extremely complex issue. The women who are faced with the question of whether or not to have an abortion often feel confused and deeply troubled. Before a woman chooses to have an abortion, she should stop and think long and hard about her choice. If a prayer vigil outside a clinic can make a woman think twice about what she's about to do, then it is a worthwhile and noble endeavor...