Just want to invite you all to consider joining us at the annual March for Life to be held January 22 in Washington, D.C. This will be my fourth year documenting the March through a photojournal I publish the next day:
Some of you are too young or to new to the pro-life movement to understand how the March began, so here is a history from the March for Life website:
Late in October 1973, grassroots prolife leaders became concerned that January 22, 1974, might come and go without properly memorializing the Supreme Court's infamous abortion decisions and without petitioning Congress for redress.
Nellie speaking at the March No established right-to-life organization was prepared to undertake the planning, financial and operational responsibilities for a high impact prolife March on the U.S. Capitol. But, grassroots prolifers wanted to march! About thirty prolife veterans resolved themselves into a committee and began making plans for the first March for Life.
On January 22, 1974, the first March for Life was held on the West Steps of the Capitol. An estimated 20,000 committed prolife Americans rallied that day on behalf of our preborn brothers and sisters.
In 1974, the March for Life was incorporated as a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian organization.
Our numbers have gradually risen through the years despite reduced numbers from the snow in 2000 and the terrible 9/11 attacks just months before the March 2002. These growing numbers give testimony to the increasing ranks of prolife Americans and to the importance of the March's work.
I will tell you this: The March for Life is the most under-reported event in Washington, DC. The media consistently ignore the event, even though the last two years it has drawn 200,000 people from all over the United States.
Sadly missing this year, will be a message from the President. President Bush always sent us a message of hope - and for whatever economic mistakes he made, he was consistently pro-life. I am sure we won't be hearing one from our new leader.
If you are going - or even beginning to consider going - please leave a comment. You can find details on the march route at March for Life.
Just want to invite you all to consider joining us at the annual March for Life to be held January 22 in Washington, D.C. This will be my fourth year documenting the March through a photojournal I publish the next day:
Some of you are too young or to new to the pro-life movement to understand how the March began, so here is a history from the March for Life website:
I will tell you this: The March for Life is the most under-reported event in Washington, DC. The media consistently ignore the event, even though the last two years it has drawn 200,000 people from all over the United States.
Sadly missing this year, will be a message from the President. President Bush always sent us a message of hope - and for whatever economic mistakes he made, he was consistently pro-life. I am sure we won't be hearing one from our new leader.
If you are going - or even beginning to consider going - please leave a comment. You can find details on the march route at March for Life.