Just a day after hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers flooded into the nation’s capital for the March for Life, tens of thousands more gathered on the west coast to urge America to restore unborn babies’ right to life.
The 16th annual Walk for Life brought pro-life advocates together in one of the most liberal, pro-abortion cities in America: San Francisco. According to the National Catholic Register, the crowd largely was comprised of students and families who marched peacefully down Market Street for 2 miles to Embarcadero Plaza.
Several special events took place at the rally before the march. A group of mothers whose unborn babies’ heartbeats were amplified on stage during the 2019 Walk for Life returned to the stage this year with their babies in their arms. The babies’ lives were a tangible testament to the value of every human life, both before and after birth.
Also during the rally, pro-life leader Ron Konopaski received the annual St. Gianna Molla Award for Pro-Life Heroism, according to the report. A leader with 40 Days for Life in San Francisco, the 85-year-old Konopaski was persecuted in 2019 when someone brutally assaulted him outside a city abortion business. The assault was caught on video, and it drew national news attention.
Konopaski encouraged pro-lifers to stand strong together and persevere.
“Imagine if every one of you, when you leave here today, you go home and join with one other person, or more, and you do everything you can for the next year to end abortion,” he said. “Just imagine. We could be here next year celebrating for the end of abortion. We would turn this city upside down.”
During the march, pro-life leaders also announced plans to open a pro-life health clinic in the city later this year, KTVU News reports.
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Many of the marchers expressed optimism after President Donald Trump became the first president to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C. a day earlier.
During the east coast march, Trump told the crowd: “We are here for a very simple reason: To defend the right of every child – born and unborn – to fulfill their God given potential. Young people are the heart of the March for Life and it is you who is making it the pro-family, pro-life generation.”
Since Roe v. Wade, more than 61 million unborn babies have been aborted in America. California lawmakers have been working to expand abortions by forcing college campuses to provide them free to students and forcing churches to pay for them through employee health plans.
On Friday, the Trump administration officially warned California that it is violating federal law with the abortion insurance mandate. The administration gave the state 30 days to comply or risk losing its federal funding.
Here are photos from the Walk for Life:
The Babies are Back, Part II! https://t.co/T6RfTuUJeg pic.twitter.com/eHJchGIC3S
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 26, 2020
Yesterday’s #WalkForLife West Coast was another successful #ProLife event!
So many groups, especially the young showed up to defend the innocent. @walkforlife pic.twitter.com/f5bZssxHuy— The Catholic Current w/ Fr McTeigue (@CatholicCurrent) January 27, 2020
Twenty members of JSerra’s #ProLifeClub trekked to #SanFrancisco this weekend for the 16th Annual #WalkForLife West Coast. Tens of thousands of pro-lifers (many of them high school-aged!) flocked to the city by the bay to declare their public support for the dignity of the unborn pic.twitter.com/Z99ISq9AcL
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 27, 2020
“On a Mission for the Unborn” https://t.co/LsgGhiL39f pic.twitter.com/5afaRW2NUf
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 27, 2020
Excellent Coverage by NBC Bay Area https://t.co/nUfpG0rBYC pic.twitter.com/TBruycSg5m
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 27, 2020
Archbishop Sample Leads the People! https://t.co/vHaFcFk7wt pic.twitter.com/Uznk96ciMZ
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 26, 2020
Nice Photo Montage of Walk! https://t.co/Fnt9BwB4fe pic.twitter.com/26hCYvTTEh
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 26, 2020
One of the many things I love abt our country is that we all have the freedom to express our views, beliefs, morals, & values under the protection of the first amendment. I thank God everyday that there are people who continue to fight for the unborn babies & their futures 🙌🏻🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/QOz1Bjb3CS
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 26, 2020
TY @FresnoPLF friends for joining us to #WalkforLife #chooselife #defendlife #respectlife#cultureoflife
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What an awesome day at the @walkforlifewc! Walking with tens of thousands of our closest #prolife friends made for a great way to spread the pro-life message! pic.twitter.com/cDE203gLsb
— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 26, 2020
when you attend #walkforlifewc #prolifegen #walkforlife #Repost
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Randomly ran into one of my favorite conservative YouTuber’s, @fogcitymidge at @walkforlifewc pic.twitter.com/G5xwSxaza8— Walk For Life (@walkforlife) January 26, 2020