{"id":225839,"date":"2020-06-18T14:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T19:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=225839"},"modified":"2020-06-18T13:26:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:26:02","slug":"grassroots-initiative-unified-flag-pro-life-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/grassroots-initiative-unified-flag-pro-life-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassroots initiative seeks to design a unified flag for the pro-life movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Almost all successful social movements have a public, unifying symbol that represents the shared ideals and goals of the members of that movement. Often in the form of a flag, these symbols unify, brand, and raise awareness for the movement\u2019s cause in the eyes of the public who consistently see them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pro-life movement, despite its thousands of organizations and millions of supporters nationwide, lacks a single, well-known, unifying flag. <\/span><\/p>\n

The team at <\/span>Pro-Life Flag Project<\/span><\/a> is attempting to change that. A grassroots initiative dedicated to facilitating the creation of a unifying symbol for the movement, Pro-Life Flag Project believes that designing, promoting, and proudly flying a universal, freely-reproducible, pro-life flag across the country will significantly help the movement in its already-unified aim: ending abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Pro-lifer gives \u201cPrecious Feet\u201d pin to pregnant woman, saves her preborn baby<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to unifying the movement, a pro-life flag will raise awareness for the cause by becoming a commonplace symbol in the US and beyond, just as several other flags and symbols have done for their own social movements in recent history. Consider the clear messaging of the <\/span>Peace Sign<\/span><\/a> during wartime or the <\/span>Thin Blue Line<\/span><\/a> flag today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, flying or displaying the pro-life flag will be a means by which everyday pro-life supporters can stand in solidarity with the national pro-life movement. People around the country, regardless of their stance on abortion, will see the flag, know its meaning, and be compelled to think about the reality of abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through intentional symbolism representing the pro-life movement\u2019s message of love and non-violence for preborn children and their mothers, the flag will also serve to positively brand the movement that has, in many mainstream currents, been so vilified and misrepresented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on an <\/span>iconic photograph<\/span><\/a> of a ten-week-old fetus\u2019s tiny feet, the \u201cPrecious Feet\u201d lapel pins were officially designated as the international symbol of the pro-life movement in 1979. With tens of millions of Precious Feet having been distributed throughout the decades, these pins have served as a powerful tool for the pro-life movement as each one carries with it visible evidence of the humanity of the preborn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the small size and specific nature of the Precious Feet impede their ability to become the prominent and universally recognized symbol that a pro-life flag could become, it is this little pin\u2019s heritage that is laying the groundwork for a new, updated symbol of the pro-life movement.<\/span><\/p>\n