Teens at Challenger High School will engage in silent protest against abortion Tuesday.
Organizers expect 10 to 20 students to wear strips of red duct tape across their mouths, emblazoned with the word "Life," for the entire day. They'll add red wristbands to the ensemble.
"It's our way of speaking for those who can't," said Brittany Shepherd, a 15-year-old who will participate in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. "It's to show our respect to those who didn't get to live."
Jon Goforth, 17, said he's participated in the Day of Silent Solidarity for the past three years. Until this year, he's had only five or six companions in his school, though other students across the nation also wear the red tape and wristbands.
They talk to teachers and parents in advance to explain what they'll be doing, and carry fliers to explain their reasons and their arguments against abortion.
The students will take off the tape for lunch, but then it goes immediately back on.
"I'm really adamant about this because my mom almost aborted me," said Goforth.
Jamie Julian, a 16-year-old who will join the Silent Day protest this year, said the showing carries more weight because the students attend classes on a college campus. She knows women there have had abortions or might be considering it.
She doesn't buy the argument she and her classmates are too young to thoroughly understand the abortion issue.
"We might not have been there, but we can understand what it means," she said.
Kendall Duncan, 15, had this take on it: "No matter what the situation, we don't believe murder is an option," he said.
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