What is the March For Life?

Here is a description on the official 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.

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.

The Marchers Keep Marching
The First March 1974	20,000
March 1975	50,000
March 1976	65,000
Marches 1977-1998	Up to 100,000
The 25th March 1998	225,000
March 1999	125,000
March 2000	100,000
March 2001	225,000
March 2002	100,000
Marches 2003 - 2007	200,000

LIFE PRINCIPLES

Knowing that no sound action can grow out of a vacuum of purpose, March for Life formulated the Life Principles as a forthright, comprehensive statement of the position motivating the prolife movement.

These Life Principles serve as the basis for prolife moral and legal theory by which the American people can overturn Roe v.Wade.

 At the March early this year, the number was above 300,000 people supporting life, what a wonderful thing!  The really sad thing is that the media mostly ignored the March, or portrayed it as a few radicals who were completely out of whack (which isn't true).  Just to put it in perspective, you could fill the new Indianapolis Colts Stadium almost five times, and it's going to host the Super Bowl in a few years!  This was not some small group, and I'm hoping that it will grow to be even larger this coming year!

God Bless, and spread the word!

-Sam