Pro-lifers
march in Washington to rally against abortion
The 40th annual March for Life began today in Washington,
D.C. at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The march will continue until about 1:30 p.m. and is expected to draw over 400,000 people.
The pro-life presence is also being felt on social media
with attendees live-tweeting and documenting their experience. Both laity and clergy
alike have utilised Twitter to promote the march. His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI tweeted this morning in solidarity with
the event, offering his prayers.
Organised by the March for Life Education and Defense
Fund, its goal is to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision which abolished
restrictive abortion laws in the United States.