Anti-abortion activists march in Washington, around the country and around the world
on January 23rd, 2008 at 7:59 amA Youthful Throng Marches Against Abortion
By Sue Anne Pressley Montes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tens of thousands of abortion opponents took to the cold, gray streets of Washington yesterday, buoyed by a recent report that the number of abortions in the United States had hit the lowest level in years and vowing to continue the fight.
Many of the participants in the March for Life were young people, many from religious clubs and church-run schools from as far away as Ohio, Texas and Tennessee. The march has been held each year since 1974 to protest the Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, decision that most laws against abortion violate a constitutional right to privacy.
In many ways, the march resembled a gigantic pep rally, with smiling teenagers in matching scarves or sweat shirts holding school banners high as they moved along Constitution Avenue NW toward the Supreme Court. But the individual signs they clutched told of their commitment to a cause: “Give Life, Don’t Take It” and “Your Mother Was Pro-Life.”
“It’s illegal to kill someone walking down the street, so it should be illegal to kill someone in the womb,” said Topher Boehm, 17, a member of the Pro-Life Club at the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. “This is the social justice issue of our era, and I want to do something about it.” (more…)
Anti-abortion activists rally at WA Capitol
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OLYMPIA, Wash. — At least 2,000 anti-abortion activists held a rally on the Capitol steps Tuesday to mark the 35th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision which legalized abortion.
The protesters held signs reading “Stop Abortion” and “Choose Life.” (more…)
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I managed to catch a few minutes of the march on the channel ETWN. The quote for me was when one of the speakers pointed out how America turned on its head after hearing about Michael Vick’s treatment of dogs yet seemingly sees the elimination of now roughly 45 million babies as minor.
