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Meeting at the
Supreme Court: the March for Life 2011 Two of Three By Dave Andrusko
But what I can talk about is how the crowd's size seems to compare with the previous year's attendance. I thought the 2010 March for Life was one of the largest of the 28 I had attended. Judging by the many, many large tributaries that fed into the river of pro-lifers that marched up Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court, attendance was noticeably larger in 2011. There is a lot to read today, both here at "Today's News & Views" and over at "National Right to Life News Today" (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org.) So let me be very, very brief.
But the audience was every bit as fired up as the speakers. What followed was so spontaneous, it was nothing but sweet. A large group of pro-lifers were so eager to get to the Hill to lobby and to get to the front of the Supreme Court to witness that they started down Constitution Avenue before the formal March was ready to begin. It was very funny, everyone laughed and met up in front of the Supreme Court building.
Why were there many tens of thousands of young people? Because they "get it." Pro-life champion Chris Smith caught their motivation this way." They know that the only thing the multibillion abortion industry produces is victims and that women deserve better than abortion. They know that the pro-life movement loves, honors, deeply respects and welcomes post-abortive women who are silent no more. "Our young people know child abuse when they see it. And they--all of us--demand that it end." Please send your feedback on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. |
When
covering the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, as
I do every year, I studiously avoid estimating the
numbers. Nobody knows, since the Park Police stopped
making educated guesses years ago, so I sure don't.
There
are a ton of pro-life freshmen in the House. A number of
them spoke today. If you tried you still could NOT miss
their enthusiasm and their eagerness to promote pro-life
legislation such as the "No Taxpayer Funding for
Abortion Act" (H.R. 3), the "Protect Life Act" (H.R.
358), and repealing and replacing ObamaCare. That is
what you want to see.
In
the past I have occasionally been genuinely chided.
There couldn't possibly be THAT many young people,
right? Wrong. If possible there were even more in
attendance today.