Posts Tagged ‘March for Life’

Archdiocese cancels annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life

Thursday, November 17th, 2022
Youth Rally

The Archdiocese of Washington, DC, has cancelled its annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life. Both are usually held in conjunction with the national March for Life in Washington DC. “After a consultation process that involved dialogue with other dioceses, ministry leaders, and the partners who assist the archdiocese in hosting the annual rally and Read more

More than 100,000 march for life in Spain

Thursday, June 30th, 2022

More than 100,000 people turned out on June 26 for Spain’s march for life in Madrid and to protest proposed changes to the country’s abortion law and other bills that violate human dignity. The pro-life institutions NEOS (the Assembly of Associations for Life, Liberty, and Dignity) and the Every Life Matters Platform organised the march Read more

40,000 people take part in Italy’s March for Life

Thursday, May 26th, 2022

Tens of thousands of people took part in Italy’s national March for Life in Rome on Saturday. About 40,000 people participated in the “Choose Life” rally on May 21, the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica reported. “We are here to reaffirm the right of children to come into the world. They do not get to Read more

Pro-abortion Women’s Health Protection Act fails in US Senate

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

The US Senate failed to move forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) on Monday, striking down what some pro-life groups identify as the most radical abortion bill in US history. The WHPA “would enshrine into federal law abortion on demand until the moment of birth, and it would nullify state laws — new Read more

National March for Life; voice for pre-born children at Parliament

Thursday, December 10th, 2020

Over a thousand people gathered in Wellington last Saturday to give a voice to pre-born children in the National March for Life. The event celebrates the value of life and the unborn child and offers a peaceful protest against New Zealand’s abortion laws. “Forty-three years ago, Parliament passed a law that said not all unborn Read more

Hundreds “March for Life” in Wellington

Monday, December 10th, 2018
march for life

A number of pro-life organisations joined forces in a March for life in Wellington on Saturday. The march comes after a Labour-led Government’s proposal to remove abortion from the Crimes Act, as well as a Law Commission report into the topic earlier this year. It’s the second year the March for Life has been held Read more

Pro-life movement mourns March for Life founder

Friday, August 17th, 2012

The pro-life movement in the United States is mourning the death of Nellie Gray, the founder of the annual March for Life in Washington, DC — probably the world’s largest annual pro-life event. The charismatic octogenarian, once described by Cardinal Sean O’Malley as the “Joan of Arc” of the pro-life movement, was a ubiquitous figure Read more