ASSIGNMENT 3

One cannot engage in war without first having a plan or tactics to use in order to gain victory. In order to gain victory from its enemy one must have solders fighting front line. One must also have solders that bring in the equipment for the front line solders to use. Everyone and every job are needed and there is no one more important than the other, all and everyone is needed for the big V, victory.

The same goes for those who fight for a social movement, in this case, the pro-life movement. In order for the members of the pro-life movement to be a success, they must all fight as one with similar tactics. One must also go into this fight with a certain mentality that allows the members to fight the fight with some spark. The pro-life movement tends to use a lot of mental power in order to fight their fight. The pro-life members fight their fight firstly by approaching their fight as a moral issue. By approaching their fight as a moral issue, the members tend to use passages from the Bible or other sacred writing. These writings allow the members to use guilt against their enemies. However, guilt is not the only tactic used; pro-life members also use sidewalk counseling. This means that members attend rallies and try to educate their enemies by using facts regarding the side affects and dangers of abortion.

The pro-life movement declares it self to be a non-violent movement, thus denouncing any use of violence against their enemies. However, like any other movement, the pro-life movement does have a couple of members who act on their own free will against their enemies with the use of violence and some time even deadly force. The pro-life movement encourages and assists their members in education regarding the dangers of abortion. The members are encouraged to gain knowledge to share with those who they may encounter during a rally or a meeting. The education is also useful to keep the movement growing in the number of recruits. The face is what attracts members to such movement.

The face used by the pro-life movement is life. The “face” of the movement is taught to members and non-members. The “face” is of the pro-life movement is keep consistent and does not change from recruit on to the battlefield. The members of pro-life movements usually carry a bit of resentment against those who do not see their cause. They may even become angered against those who may be fighting them against their mission to save lives. For example, its being reported that an antiabortion extremist is been charged for the shooting of Dr. George Tiller, a doctor who performed late term abortions in the state of Kansas. Such radical actions do take place in society when an individual takes his movement’s mission into his own hands. When these tragedies occur, pro-life movements condemn such extreme tactics. Slogans and pictures are also extremely affective in the fight for live. Images and pictures often allow others to see unborn babies or graphics pictures of abortions in hopes of new recruits and/or dismantling the enemy.