Culture of life means changing hearts, president tells March for Life

Published: 2007-01-22

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- "A true culture of life cannot be built by changing laws alone. We've all got to work to change hearts," President George W. Bush told tens of thousands of participants in the 34th annual March for Life Jan. 22. Bush spoke by phone at the beginning of a two-hour rally on the National Mall preceding the marchers' slow, peaceful trek around the Capitol to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. With temperatures hovering right around freezing, the marchers packing several square blocks of the Mall and overflowing onto side streets turned the previous day's snowfall into acres of muddy slush. Among featured speakers was U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican whose appearance at the microphone sparked huge cheers from a large Kansas delegation just in front of the stage. Hundreds of people in all parts of the crowd waved blue "Brownback for president" signs, reflecting support for his decision to make a bid for the Republican presidential nomination next year. "We need a culture of life that respects all life ... from conception to natural death," said Brownback, a Catholic. "The unborn person is unique, is sacred, is beautiful" and "deserves protection," he added.

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