Mary Ann Glendon on the "Greatest Grassroots Movement of Our Times"

Prof. Mary Ann Glendon's lecture, given on the occasion of her recent receipt of a well deserved reward, is available here, at the First Things blog.  A bit:

One of the main reasons for our slow but steady progress, I believe, is the success of the pro-life movement in demonstrating by word and deed that our position on protection of the unborn is inseparable from our dedication to compassion and assistance for women who are so often the second victims of abortion.

Unlike the movement that calls itself pro-choice, the prolife movement has thought deeply about choice. We know that choices last: We know that individual choices make us into a certain of person; and we know that collective choices make us into a certain kind of society.

Indeed.  Congratulations, and thank you, to Prof. Glendon.