March for Life Held in Czech Republic

More than 1,000 pro-lifers marched through the streets of Prague, Czech Republic, March 20 to show their support for unborn children and their opposition to permissive abortion laws in their country, according to Prague Monitor.

Organized by the pro-life group Czech Movement for Life, the 10th annual march began with a mass in St. Giles Church and ended in Wenceslas Square in Prague. “We are here to support the rights of unborn babies,” said march participant Michal Sloup, according to New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV).

Abortion on demand is legal in the Czech Republic up to the 12th week of pregnancy, and for many reasons including “health” after that time, according to a report on the United Nations web site. The report characterizes abortion as “the preferred method of birth control” in the country.

Czech women who have had abortions spoke out during the march and gave their unique perspective about the pain and suffering they experience. “I had a terrible state of anxiety, but I accredited it to some other things, for example, the fact I was there alone,” said Eva Capova, according to NTDTV. “I found out that I had not come to terms with the abortion only when I decided to confess. So, until that time it was something in the back of my conscience that I never talked about.”

Only a dozen or so pro-abortionists could be seen during the march, holding signs advocating “free-of-charge abortion” and “free choice,” the Monitor reported. The pro-lifers, however, countered them by stressing the real costs of abortion, holding white crosses “symbolising the suffering as well as hope of unborn children,” according to the Monitor.

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