“I feel responsibility on behalf of my generation to challenge the elite liberal extremists,” said Swindell, who also likes snowboarding, hiking, and camping in her free time. “It’s important we represent the voiceless, the preborn – that we represent our generation.” It also doesn’t hurt strategically. The more that young people see activists like Swindell – hoop earrings, sandy hair pulled back in a ponytail, faded jeans slightly ripped at the knee – the more welcome they might feel in the antiabortion movement.”
- The Boston Globe, Monday, July 26, 2004