Judie Brown wrote in her wonderful Celebrate Life Magazine, Jan-Feb 2010 30-Year Anniversary edition,  about her fears for the pro-life movement:

Just Between You and Me by Judie Brown, President of the American Life League

I know about your activities; how you are neither cold nor hot.  I wish you were one or the other, but since you are neither hot nor cold, but only lukewarm, I will spit you out of My mouth.—-Revelation 3:15-16

These words from the Book of Revelation ring true in today’s era of "tolerance," false compassion and cultural gridlock.  We are at a juncture in history  that I never thought would occur in my lifetime.  This is not a good feeling!  I fear that the pro-life effort, if not unified and strengthened based on the fundamental principle of human personhood, will fall into the chasm of anonymity.  We are at a crossroads, my friends, and the hour is late.  We have heard all the arguments about the supposed need to be pragmatic and politically realistic, and the claim that we are otherwise incapable of stepping out to challenge the status quo. 

Judie is talking about NRLC.  Remember when ORTL stalled lobbying Oregon in the Fall because "they’re all Democrats"?

And where has all of this stalling gotten us?  The time for lukewarm pabulum is over.  Either we pro-lifers unite in our goal of ending the murderous practices that have become commonplace in our culture, or we step aside and usher in an era of evil never before imagined.

So, what happens next?  Will we dedicate ourselves to God or just continue with the violent status quo?  It’s time to decide. Trust in God or trust in the religion of politics.

Judie is calling on all pro-life organizations to work toward a Personhood Amendment.  She is saying that NRLC and its affiliates, like ORTL, focus on politics.  

Pro-Life Action of Oregon  agrees with her. 

The Innovation Vacuum

In his booklet "Access:  the key to pro-life victory," Mark Crutcher writes about The Innovation Vacuum.

• "It’s uncomfortable to hear but the reality is that there are people within the pro-life community who no longer see their primary objective as stopping abortion but perpetuating their own organizations.  Their mindset is what creates this innovation vacuum.  The fact that the pro-life establishment isn’t doing anything today that it wasn’t doing 25 years ago is a clear indicator that they just don’t have any new ideas.  But that’s only half the problem.  The other half is that they don’t want anyone else to introduce new ideas either.  Innovation by other pro-life organizations is seen as a challenge to their self-appointed ownership of the movement and I have seen them try to destroy worthwhile pro-life initiatives only because those initiatives did not originate with them."