What, then, is the real issue? I have often said that when we talk about abortion, we are talking about two lives — the life of the mother and the life of the unborn child. Why else do we call a pregnant woman a mother? I have also said that anyone who doesn't feel sure whether we are talking about a second human life should clearly give life the benefit of the doubt. If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn.

I believe Reagan inherently knew that the solution was the mother, not the government, when he observed that, “Despite the formidable obstacles before us, we must not lose heart. This is not the first time our country has been divided by a Supreme Court decision that denied the value of certain human lives … we know that respect for the sacred value of human life is too deeply engrained in the hearts of our people to remain forever suppressed.”

And where else has God planted the “respect for the sacred value of human life” but the heart of the mother? And that’s where the “tipping point” has been found.

Twenty years post Roe v. Wade, after traveling the state visiting with other like-minded folks who had a heart for mothers in crisis, I helped incorporate our hometown’s crisis pregnancy center. These centers popped up about everywhere dishing out love in large quantities. Most have grown, diversified and prospered.

We somehow knew that these fledgling care centers would be the solution. Now, ultrasound technology has placed the ultimate tool in the hands of those who care the most. Fighting the legal battles to enforce HB 257 may be noble, but spending the dollars to put the technology in the hands of crisis pregnancy centers will liberate the “sacred value of human life … deeply engrained in the hearts of our people”—the mothers who the abortion industry are shamelessly convincing to suppress it.