March for Life in DC 2006

This past Sunday was the 33rd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. On Monday, the March for Life took DC by storm! I marched it for the first time with my husband and tens of thousands of other pro-lifers from all over the US. You can see the Washington Monument in the background of this picture.

We handed out 3,000 postcards with a picture of our Choose Life magnet. Lots of kids took them thinking they were stickers! Next year, they WILL be stickers.


At least 50% of the marchers (probably more) were under the age of 22. I think this makes sense. Those of us most affected by Roe v. Wade are the survivors - those born after Roe v. Wade became the law. We all spent the first 9 months of our lives as "blobs of tissue" who had no rights. Millions of our generation are dead, buried in garbage dumps.




The march usually starts at the ellipse in front of the White House, but this year the rally was held on the Mall at 7th and Constitution Ave. We didn't read the papers ahead of time and so we ended up at the White House on 16th St instead of 7th. The March traveled from the rally down Constitution Avenue, past the Capitol building.


After the Capitol, Constitution climbs a short hill, the only hill in DC. At the top stands the intersection of 1st and Constitution. A few steps up 1st, and we stand at the steps of the Supreme Court building, which has the words "Equal Under the Law" etched into the stone on its front. I'd like to know who they think is equal and exactly when they become equal.


In front of the Supreme Court Building, several CEC priests performed a memorial service for the pre-born children murdered that day. A CEC priest performs this service every day of the year, because children are killed every day of the year. The priests present included Fr. Terry Gensemer of CEC for Life, Abp. Randolph Sly, and Bp. Philip Zampino. Fr. Frank Pavone was supposed to present the homily, like he did last year, but he was unable to attend. In his place, Callie Kyle, director of Laudate for Life (the CEC's youth for Life group) spoke on the importance of the youth in the Pro-Life movement.



Deacon Fornier of Priests for Life was on hand during the preparations for the memorial service.





After the memorial service, Silent No More members spoke about the sorrow, guilt, and pain of their abortions. As they began, about a dozen Pro-Choice protestors in pink hats tried to intrude on the stage. Silent No More requested 10 men to assist them, but didn't say why. They set the men up between the protestors and the stage as silent protection for the women. The protestors left a few short minutes later. I'm not sure which ran them off, the men or the painful words of the post-abortive women.




Jennifer O'Neill, an actress and spokesperson for Silent No More, spoke about her abortion.






Here's me in front of the Supreme Court building. It was a long, cold day, but well worth it! Check out pictures from the San Francisco March for Life. Their march was a lot more confrontational than ours. We had a few protestors, they had to have hundreds of policemen to protect them! Perhaps the cold weather here keeps the troublemakers away - or maybe it's just California.