We at Massachusetts Citizens for Life were privileged to work with Dr Mildred Jefferson for thirty-eight years. We have always considered ourselves her second family. We extend to you, her first family, our sincerest condolences. All of us, and the country as a whole, have lost a brilliant leader and spokesperson for the sanctity of all human life.
We have an online blog featuring messages about "Dr J" posted by her friends and admirers. Fr. Martin Hyatt, her old friend and fellow member of the Board of Massachusetts Citizens for Life sums up the comments:
"A Woman of Honor, A Woman of Dignity, A Woman of Hope,
A Woman of Integrity, A Woman of Goodness, A Woman of Life,
A Woman of Vision, Moses of the Pro-Life Movement"
The death of this great woman reminds us again of the words of her dear friend and colleague, Congressman Henry Hyde:
"When the time comes, as it surely will, when we face that awesome moment, the final judgment, I've often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God -- and a terror will rip your soul like nothing you can imagine. But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there'll be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world -- and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, 'Spare him, because he loved us!'"
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