The landscape of the battle between pro-abortion and pro-life activists is showing some change as trends reveal that millennial teenagers are leaning more towards a pro-life stance rather than favouring the practice of abortion.
Robert P George, law professor at Princeton University, said at the Students for Life America's 28th annual conference on Friday that the pro-life movement had appeared to have a bleak future in the past decades.
However, the professor said the dedication of pro-life leaders to the cause as well as the availability of new technologies have helped in educating the youth on "the reality of the beautiful human life of the child in the womb."
According to the Washington Times, delegates to the conference exceeded previous figures. About 2,000 people attended the conference on Friday alone and the demand was so huge that the SFLA had to schedule a second day of the conference on Sunday in San Francisco in order to accommodate the numbers.
The professor said on Friday that there is a turning of the tide in favour of the pro-life movement, and he honoured the youth as being responsible for this new development.
"I see the future, and you are it," Professor George told the attendees.
SFLA President Kristan Hawkins urged youth to speak out and let their thoughts be known on the issue. "When you speak, people listen," Ms Hawkins said.
The Students for Life America is a pro-life umbrella organisation that encompasses more than 800 pro-life student groups scattered in various universities and high schools in the entire United States. It holds an annual conference whose purpose is to educate the youth, as well as bring them close to individuals who can help them pursue their own pro-life campaigns.
The SFLA also purports to introduce attendees through the annual conference to national leaders "who all know just how vital this pro-life generation is to abolishing abortion in our lifetime."