Hello! I want to congratulate you for giving two parentless children a home, and freedom from an often cruel and painful existence in the foster-care system.
I notice you are a member of Feminists For Life. Though I disagree with your pro-life views, I must say that I am glad you believe-- as I hope you do, you being a feminist-- that women should have rights and opportunities equal to those of men.
However, I fail to see how your views on abortion really do most women any good-- or even achieve the desired effect, which is supposed to be greater personal responsibility, and greater respect for marriage and family.
Fact: It is more difficult to get and stay married than you think. Even with the assistance of the Church. It's often impossible to tell whether love and emotional connection will become marriage and a family... and even less likely to tell confidently whether a relationship will last.
Fact: About 20 percent of American women are choosing to never have children. I am one of them. As a staunch childfree, I do not hold much reverence for childbirth. The true magic of parenting is in the love. As an adoptive parent, you yourself must know this.
Fact: Not once does the pro-life crowd address overpopulation. They seem blithely, willfully ignorant of the fact that economic and social consequences of overpopulation appear long before any environmental consequences.
Just look at suburban sprawl. You might even point to the health care crisis as another example.
Remember: every single driver you curse on that gridlocked freeway, was once a baby.
And remember: God only called upon us to be fruitful and multiply in the Book of Genesis. He also calls upon us to be stewards of the earth.
Fact: quality of life is always more important than mere presence of lives. The "culture of life" is more likely going to inspire anything but a genuine respect for life.
And most importantly: I, and many other women, do not want to follow a religion-- or a God-- that says no creation from our hearts or minds, can possibly matter as much as a creation from our wombs.
We find such a point of view patronizing, limiting, and insulting.
That being said, good to meet you, and keep up the good feminist work.