Marching for life, not giving up

On January 22, 2009, an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 peaceful prolifers converged on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall and marched to the U.S. Supreme Court building to make a statement to America’s political leaders and anyone else who would open their eyes to see and their ears to hear: The prolife movement is not going away. We’re not giving up. We will not accept abortion.

On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the two U.S. Supreme Court decisions which legalized abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy, the streets of our nation’s capitol were permeated with high school and college students who know abortion has ended the lives of many of their peers, a situation they don’t want their future children to face. They came, many on buses traveling through the night, from all across the country to be a voice for the voiceless at the 35th Annual March for Life.

While Barack Obama is President of the United States, his preference for pro-abortion policies wasn’t going to dissuade March for Life participants from standing up for the smallest and weakest among us. Numerous prolife signs called on President Obama to rethink his position on abortion. Others asked him to renounce his support for the Freedom of Choice Act, pro-abortion legislation which would eliminate numerous prolife laws and force taxpayers to fund abortion. Some signs thanked President Obama’s mother for choosing life.

When March participants arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court building, they could hear the testimony of women involved in the Silent No More Awareness Campaign. These post-abortive women passionately showed abortion has two victims by sharing how they had been harmed by their abortion experiences.

Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing said, “After 36 years of Roe v. Wade and 50 million abortions, the prolife movement has not gone away. We will continue to faithfully speak up for the unalienable rights of unborn human beings until every child is welcomed into life and protected by law.”

As numerous buses packed with Michiganders traveled to the March for Life and back, thousands of other prolifers protested abortion at the 57 local events throughout Michigan. Prayer vigils, marches, commemorative services and other events dotted our state’s landscape to ensure the prolife message was heard locally as well as nationally.

For information about ways you can get involved locally, visit the Right to Life of Michigan web site at www.rtl.org.

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