Rally speakers praise pro-life efforts, call for increased action

Published: 2006-01-23

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The different starting point for this year's annual March for Life did not go unnoticed by some of the speakers at the annual rally who compared the closer location to the U.S. Capitol to the progress made by the pro-life movement. "We're seven blocks closer" and "getting closer to the end" of legalized abortion, said a speaker giving the opening prayer at the hour-and-a-half rally Jan. 23 on the grounds of the National Mall several blocks from the front of the Capitol building. The March for Life usually begins at the Ellipse, located between the White House and the Washington Monument, but was held in a different location this year because of construction. The rally started under gray skies and cool temperatures and included periods of light, cold rain. Speakers thanked the crowd for braving the unfavorable weather conditions and for their continued fight to promote the sanctity of life.

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