Just before sunrise on Friday, January 25, a
packed bus departed St. John’s Queens, NY, campus bound for
Washington, DC, to join nearly half-a-million people in the 40th
Annual March for Life. Held every year at this time,
the march draws attention to the 1973 decision of the Supreme Court
to legalize abortion in the Roe vs. Wade case and rallies
to overturn it.
The group of 43 St. John’s students headed to the National
Mall to hear senators and members of Congress speak
out for the unborn and the protection of life. Rick Santorum, the
former presidential candidate who served as senator from
Pennsylvania, addressed the crowd, offering words of affirmation
and encouragement to all gathered. “You are the voice for the
voiceless, you are those who stand for love in a world of death,
and we are proud to stand here with you,” he said. “One day we will
stand here in triumph, because love and truth always triumph.”
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