March for Life

January 22, 1973 was a dark day in America's history.

Thirty-four years ago, the Supreme Court handed down a death sentence to 45 million people when it handed down its decision on Roe v. Wade.

Think about it. Many of those babies, had their mothers allowed them to live, would have babies of their own.

From The Washington Post:

Tens of thousands of abortion opponents marched through melting snow on the Mall yesterday and vowed to work harder -- since Democrats have taken control of the Capitol -- to overturn the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in 1973.

TENS OF THOUSANDS.

Tens of thousands march on Washington to protest abortion and promote the sanctity of life and the story is page 10 news!

Demonstrators' hopes were buoyed a year ago at the annual March for Life by two new appointments to the Supreme Court. Now, with Democrats in power in both houses of Congress, abortion foes find themselves without allies in some key positions for the first time in more than a decade.

Yes, the lib Post manages to find a silver lining. The Dems control both houses of Congress. YIPPEE!

"Pro-lifers aren't going to pack up and go home because of the 2006 elections," said Karen Cross, political director of the National Right to Life Committee, at a news conference before the march. "Indeed, we will redouble our efforts and continue working until every unborn child is protected."

Democratic leaders have said they prefer what they consider a less combative approach in preparing legislation on the abortion issue. Several bills are circulating that would change the focus of the abortion debate to pregnancy prevention, through such measures as improved access to contraception.

Democrats say their goal is to find a political compromise, an approach echoed yesterday by some abortion rights advocates.

There really is no compromise when it comes to protecting life.

Sure, steps toward a Culture of Life may be small. Any progress is a step in the right direction.

But this talk by the Dems that they want to find common ground is going to be pretty difficult to do.

A gaping chasm separates partial birth abortion supporters and pro-lifers. Compromise is impossible.

You're for protecting the unborn or you aren't. You respect life in its earliest stages or you consider it expendable.

No common ground.

..."The pro-abortionists say you legally can kill an unborn child for any reason. We say the child should live. Where is the middle ground?" said Wanda Franz, president of the National Right to Life Committee.

Exactly.

Teenagers made up the majority of demonstrators yesterday who poured out of buses from across the country, wearing matching colored scarves or carrying posters with statements such as "Face It Abortion Kills."

"It's amazing!" said Annie Forsthoefel, 17, after an overnight trip with a church youth group from Cincinnati. She and her friends wore matching fleece headbands that said "PRO-LIFE." She said she had wanted to come to the march for the last three years. "How can you not love a baby? It seems unnatural," she said.

The young people joined older abortion opponents, some holding rosaries or draped in blankets depicting the Virgin Mary.

The age of the crowd has to scare the Dems. These young, energized pro-lifers will be voting for decades -- against the Dems' Culture of Death.

...The crowd on the Mall cheered when President Bush spoke to the protesters through a loudspeaker from Camp David, thanking those gathered for their help "to build a culture of life." Bush reminded demonstrators about progress his administration has made in the antiabortion movement, including supporting parental notification laws, funding crisis pregnancy centers and signing into law a ban on partial-birth abortions that the Supreme Court is expected to rule on this year.

NEWSFLASH:

Some Americans willing to cheer Bush can still be found!!!

...As the sun set in front of the Supreme Court at the end of the march, a group of women took to the microphone, one after another, holding black signs that said: "I regret my abortion."

Cindy Rose, 49, of Saginaw, Mich., told the lingering demonstrators about abortions she had in 1979 and 1981.

Rose said the guilt over her abortions killed her relationships and pushed her to alcohol and drugs. "One night I asked God to please forgive me," she said. "Abortion is a lie and not a solution."

As the women spoke, some in English and some in Spanish, their words were interrupted by about 100 abortion rights advocates linking arms and holding signs saying: "Trust women."

I agree.

"Trust women" to be responsible.

Trust them to love their children as gifts from God.

The New York Times' coverage of the rally was scant, ten brief paragraphs.

This is the first anti-abortion march here since the Democrats took control of Congress. The change is “challenging us to fight harder,” said Natalie Campbell, 18, who was at the rally with her father and their church group from Kokomo, Ind.

Joe Konopa, 19, who traveled here with more than 60 people from three churches in the Kokomo area, said, “They are picking up on the fact that more and more Americans, especially the young, are against abortion.”

Oooh. Scary.

Young people from churches.

Naturally, The Times doesn't emphasize the enormous numbers. Instead, the article ends with this downer from one of the marchers:

Gail Babalonis of Hooversville, Pa., said which party was in control did not matter.

“The last eight years have been pro-life, and the only thing they got accomplished is the ban on partial birth abortions,” Ms. Babalonis said.

Translation: Why bother voting for Republicans? They won't deliver. Vote for Dems!

The Times seems incapable of writing hard news. It's always campaigning and pushing its lib propaganda.

The lib media can report or not report whatever they want. They can spin, but it doesn't change the reality.

The fact remains that tens of thousands marched against abortion and in support of life.