2018 March for Life: Love Saves Lives

           The 2018 March for Life was held yesterday in Washington, DC on the 45^th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that, together with the simultaneous Doe v. Bolton decision, violated States’ rights to defend the right to life by prohibiting abortions.

            Tens of thousands participated in the 45^th annual March for Life.  Combined with the scores of local rallies in a majority of the States, a total of hundreds of thousands marched for life across the Union.  The March for Life is the largest pro-life rally in the world.  

           The theme this year was Love Saves Lives.  There was emphasis on healthy children who were born after doctors had urged abortions.  

           Legislation recently passed the House of Representatives to protect children born after botched abortions, but the bill’s fate is uncertain in the Senate.  Other continued areas of focus in advancing the right to life are defunding Planned Parenthood, which is the largest provider of abortions, prohibiting abortions of babies capable of feeling pain, and increased conscience protections for health care and health insurance providers.