The March for Life. Annual march that takes place in protest both for the practice and for the legality of abortion; it takes place in Washington , DC on or around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a decision issued in 1973 by the Supreme Court of the United States legalizing abortion throughout the country. The march, whose stated mission is:
“End abortion by uniting, educating and mobilizing pro-life people in the public square”
advocates reversal of Roe v. Wade. It is organized by the March for Life Education and Defense Fund. The march for life has been replicated in different cities around the world.
Summary
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- 1 History
- 2 La primera
- 3 March no.33 and others
- 4 Anti-abortionists vs modern feminism
- 5 In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
- 6 of the Itinerary
- 7 Some speakers who have participated in the March for Life
- 8 Virtual March for Life
- 9 Media attention
- 10 The march for life in the world
- 11 See also
- 12 Fountains
History
In the 1960s , American public opinion on a variety of issues, including sexuality and abortion, changed. It became much more common for people to have sex outside of marriage . The rise in out-of-wedlock births, contraception, and abortion became controversial political issues. When the Supreme Court ruled that it was in fact constitutional for a woman to terminate her pregnancy (in the early stages), a vigorous anti-abortion movement was created.
The first
The first March for Life, which was called by Nellie Gray and was held on January 22, 1974 , on the west steps of the Capitol . The march was originally intended to be a one-off event, in the hope that the United States Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade immediately a year after his failure.
However, after the first march in 1974, Gray took steps to institute the rally as an annual event until Roe v. Wade was unseated by bringing more grassroots anti-abortion activists into the march, which would be officially recognized as a nonprofit organization the same year.
March no.33 and others
Not on the march. 33rd in 2006 , Justice Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court sparked a major shift in the movement, due to the expectation that Alito “would win Senate approval and join the majority to unseat Roe.”
During the 2009 March for Life, the possible passage of the 110th US Congress’s Freedom of Choice Act, a bill that would “codify Roe v. Wade” by declaring the fundamental right to abortion and raising many restrictions on abortion, served as a key rallying point.
Anti-abortionists vs modern feminism
The anti-abortion movement has confronted modern feminism that promotes this fateful practice. As a result, women who identified as feminists but also opposed legal abortion were excluded from the 2017 Women’s March in the District of Columbia. Both sides of the abortion debate have made use of new medical advances, especially in neonatalology and embryology , to justify their positions. In the case of the March for Life, the organization’s president Jeanne Mancini stated:
…the argument that embryos were mere droplets of tissue was no longer feasible.
Following the 2019 March , a widely discussed incident occurred in which a group of March for Life participants was confronted by participants from the Indigenous Peoples’ March.
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to COVID-19 and the security measures that were implemented after the assault on the US Capitol in 2021 , its organizers decided to hold the 2021 March for Life online, and not in person. However, a small group did march towards the Supreme Court building, the normal end point of the event.
Itinerary
March for Life proceedings usually begin around noon. They almost always consist of a rally on the National Mall near Fourth Street (in 2018 , this will be near 12th St. NW). It is followed by a march that proceeds down Constitution Avenue NW, turns right onto First Street NE, and then ends at the steps of the United States Supreme Court, where another rally is taking place. Many start the day by handing out roses and lobbying members of Congress.
Some speakers who have participated in the March for Life
- Year 1987 – Ronald Reagan
- Años 2003-2009 – George W. Bush, Chris Smith, Randall Terry
- 2004 – Todd Tiahrt of Kansas and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Tiahrt
- 2006 – Steve Chabot, Nellie Gray, fundadora de March for Life.
- 2009 – F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- Years 2011-2019 – President Donald Trump addresses the March for Life in the Rose Garden of the White House on January 19, 2018.
- 2011 – Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, and several other members of the United States Congress, including then-Representative Mike Pence.
- 2013 – John Boehner (via pre-recorded video address), former Senator and candidate for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, Rick Santorum, as well as other members of Congress.
- 2016 – Carly Fiorina participated in the march.
- 2017 – Vice President Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway, presidential adviser Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson and NFL player Benjamin Watson.
- In 2018, President Donald Trump addressed the 45th march via satellite from the Rose Garden of the White House, becoming the first US president to address the rally using this technology.
- 2019, Trump addressed the crowd via satellite and Pence spoke at the event in person. The president said:
“I will always defend the first right of our Declaration of Independence: the right to life.”
Political commentator Ben Shapiro also spoke at the event.
- Years 2020-present – President Trump at the 2020 March for Life
- On January 24, 2020, President Trump became the first President of the United States to attend and speak at the March for Life.
virtual march for life
In 2010, Americans United for Life launched a virtual march online. Those unable to attend the March for Life in person could create avatars of themselves and participate in a virtual demonstration on a Google Maps version of the National Mall. The first online event drew approximately 75,000 participants.
The 2021 March for Life was also a virtual event due to the danger of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and security concerns following the storming of the United States Capitol in 2021.
media attention
Members of the anti-abortion movement have frequently complained that the level of media coverage of the annual March for Life is insufficient. On the other hand, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, in a statement said that:
…the right established under Roe “is under attack like never before” and they said they were committed “to ensuring that this country does not regress on equality for women.” “We must guarantee that our daughters and granddaughters have the same fundamental rights that their mothers and grandmothers fought for and won on this day, 49 years ago”
It was his claims.
The march for life in the world
Since the 1970s, throughout the Western world, a new sensibility of an active nature has been developing in defense of innocent human life. Citizens of various countries, of all social conditions and cultures began to organize themselves to publicly reaffirm the right to life of children in the womb. For many years, with great effort and without any support from the big media, in various cities around the world thousands of people took to the streets saying:
.No to abortion! Yes to life!
Today the Marches are held in: Peru , Colombia , Chile , Paraguay , Bolivia , Mexico , Canada (Ottawa), USA (Washington, San Francisco and Chicago), Argentina (City of Buenos Aires and more than 100 locations in the country ), France (Paris, Lyon), Italy (Rome), Spain (Madrid, Valencia), Poland (Warsaw), Republic of Ireland (Dublin), Ireland (Belfast), United Kingdom (London) Germany (Berlin, Munich), Austrian (Vienna),Belgium (Brussels), Czech Republic (Prague), Australia (Sydney), Kenya (Nairobi), Croatia , Nigeria (Owerri), Australia (Brisbane), among others.
