College students among those gearing up for annual March for Life

Published: 2005-01-17

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In preparation for the annual March for Life Jan. 24 in Washington, members of diocesan and parish groups across the country were packing their bags and gearing up for some long bus rides. But they were not the only ones planning to make the trek. Many college pro-life groups planned to come by the busloads to Washington for the annual march and rally to protest Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Each year, college-age students seem to make up a growing number of participants at the annual rally and march to the Supreme Court. This does not surprise Serrin Foster, president of Feminists for Life, who says college-age students are the current face of the pro-life movement and who has seen a "dramatic shift" in the past 10 years in the number of college students getting involved with pro-life issues. "Students are passionate about this," she told Catholic News Service Jan. 14. "But they don't just want to talk about babies." Instead, she said they are focusing on finding ways to provide resources to pregnant women so they do not have to feel trapped into having abortions.

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