March for Life 2015 – a blockbuster

UPDATE: Media blackout of March for Life – From the Catholic League

More people then ever (Marchers were still streaming past the Supreme Court at 4 o'clock), even less coverage then ever. NY Times had a picture relating to some Congressional measures to restrict federal funding of abortion and that was it.

The Washington Post had the following article & in the accompanying picture, well, we have a very similar picture of the same little girl, same sign, on her father's shoulders. Our picture below the Washington Post link.

“This march is part of a longer one, and our destination is clear: to secure and protect the rights of every unborn child. When there is disagreement, we should pause and listen closely. When there is movement, we should rejoice, and the House’s vote to ban taxpayer funding of abortion is cause for doing so,” he said.

Here's our picture of the little girl –

 

Notre Dame had 700 hundred student participants, plus faculty and staff, plus the university president – and South Bend is 607 miles from Washington DC. Their Pro-life club is the largest club on the Notre Dame campus.

Here's an excellent article on the ND participation as well as a robust explanation of the right to life movement, and why it's THE civil rights/human rights movement of our time.

Here Come the Irish: Notre Dame Marches for Life

Their impressive banner was toward the end of the long March.

 

Certainly one of the striking features was the very impressive number of young vowed religious and seminarians.

Nashville Dominicans

St. Charles Borromeo Seminarians -they told us almost 130 are attending the Seminary.

 Washington DC Dominican Studies – about 80 students –

Sign tells the Order

Lots of Franciscans

Of course, the Sisters of Life

Mother Agnes, speaks with a member of Pro-bikers for Life

 

Signs –

And … all 'Dem people!

The St. Augustine's bus, from Ossining, NY

 

The always great shot, looking back down Constitution Ave.

 

 

 

At the top and turning the corner

And last picture – Youth!

Part of a large contingent of Belmont Abbey College students – a Benedictine school – who'd come up from North Carolina.