Marchers take pro-life message through streets of San Francisco

Published: 2005-01-25

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- In what was the first large-scale Roe vs. Wade anniversary demonstration in San Francisco, 7,000 pro-lifers walked down San Francisco's Embarcadero, along the city's waterfront, in the Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 22, the 32nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand. "They said it couldn't be done but you are all here to show that it can be done," Dolores Meehan, one of the organizers of the walk, told cheering pro-lifers who filled Justin Herman Plaza before the walk began. "We are here to celebrate life, to speak out against abortion. ... However, there's a lot people in San Francisco who have come here who feel threatened by our message," Meehan told the crowd. "We are not here to force or impose our beliefs on other people. We are here to stand witness to our beliefs, that belief being the culture of life."

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