Isaiah 1:16

. . .cease to do evil. (Is.1:16)

At the outset of his message, the prophet proclaims this simple command, which must surely be the very beginning of any moral life.

Before any moral progress can be made, there must be a turning aside from wrongdoing, or at least from the most deadly and serious sins. Prior to any attempt to help others, more important than any intercessory prayer or fasting or sacrifice, one must stop doing harm. In order to promote and defend life, one must first stop murdering.

The pro-life strike in not any more ambitious than that. A simple equation. Abortion is murder, a heinous crime. To fund it is to partake in the crime. In order to pray, fast, vote, write letters, sign petitions, display signs, hold seminars, and all the other worthy pro-life activities - before all that, we must first stop partaking in the crime ourselves.