A joyful affirmation of life and protest against assassinations on human life is the goal of these manifestations. Here are the 10 top Marches for Life in the World.
The text by Joanna Operacz was originally published on the website Aleteia Polska.
The first took place almost spontaneously a year after the U.S. ultimate Court ruling introducing abortion upon request. After more than half a century we can say that the Marches for Life change the world.
Such manifestations are always a joyful affirmation of life and protest against assassinations on human life. A large number of participants are usually families with children and adolescents. The most many March for Life – in the capital of Peru, Lima – brought together 800,000 people.
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Washington
The oldest March for Life, the prototype of all specified manifestations. It is held annually in January, on the anniversary of the United States ultimate Court decision in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, which legally sanctioned abortion on request in the US until childbirth. He first passed on 22 January 1974. The largest march so far, in 2013, gathered about 500,000 people.
The Washington March for Life is simply a joyful manifestation of respect for life from conception to natural death, traditionally understood matrimony and family. Many young people are involved. Participants carry banners with slogans specified as "I love life, I choose life", "Let us pray for the end of abortion" and crosses and American flags. The march is accompanied by many meetings. Pro-life organizations conduct meetings for their volunteers and sympathizers conferences, concerts, exhibitions, prayer meetings. Everything starts the erstwhile day with prayers in respective churches, after which all-night vigils are held. The guests of the march are frequently known characters, e.g. actors, singers and politicians. The Pope prepares a message for participants. akin manifestations take place in over 80 American cities, in 16 states.
In the 51st March for Life, which took place in January of that year, Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, noted that despite the annulment of the Roe v Wade judgement 2 years ago, life defenders must proceed to engage in promoting pro-life policies at national and local level. "Don't be fooled, we'll march until the abortion is unthinkable," she said. During the prayer vigil at the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., it was possible to worship the relics of the Polish Ulm family.
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Lima
By 2014, abortion was banned in Peru but erstwhile pregnancy threatened the mother's life. erstwhile the authorities, under force from global organisations, began fitting to introduce "therapeutic abortion", which allows to kill the unborn kid under the pretext of any wellness problems with the applicant mother, in 2013, about 100,000 people went to the streets of Lima. The government came into force a year later, although in the polls 76 percent of citizens opposed the legalisation of abortion.
The evidence March for Life in Lima so far, in 2018, brought together 800,000 people. This is the largest pro-life manifestation in the planet in history.
Buenos Aires
On the Day of the Celebration of Life in March 2018, erstwhile the life-saving bill was decided in Argentina, more than 300,000 people participated in the most many March for Life in Buenos Aires, and more than 2.5 million people attended 250 marches throughout the country.
In 2020, the Argentine legislature approved the anticipation of killing children until 14 weeks of age. The participants of the march, which passed on 28 March 2023 in Buenos Aires, protested against this "wild and genocidal" bill. "We are trying to make the public aware that it was deceived by the abortion movement, as in the case of María Del Valle, our first victim of supposedly safe and free legal abortion," said the organizer of the Ana Belén Marmora march. 23-year-old del Valle, president of the extremist Youth, died in 2021 as a consequence of complications following an abortion legally conducted in the hospital. The participants of the march besides argue the euthanasia and adoption of children by homosexual couples, e.g. a year ago they claimed justice for the murdered by a couple of lesbians 5-year-old Lucio.
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Paris
The yearly demonstration is organized around the anniversary of the establishment of the admissibility of abortion on request in France (this year was held on January 21). The march was first organized in 2005 by respective French pro-life organizations. For respective years it was the largest event of its kind in Europe, e.g. in 2010 about 25 1000 people participated. About 20,000 people passed on the last march. Delegations from many countries participate in the demonstration.
The last march took place in the shadow of the French Parliament's planned entry in the Constitution of "the right to abortion", which took place on 4 March. Participants made a call to all citizens to do everything in their power to save lives, not to contribute to the execution of innocent human beings.
Madrid
The Madrid march takes place around the Day of Life – this year, with the participation of respective tens of thousands of people, was held on March 10. “No substance what human life is, it must be defended. We are here to say that life is simply a gift, regardless of circumstances, and to defend the right to life for all man," said the organizer of the Leticia Salinero event.
In 2023, 98 000 abortions were carried out in Spain, 9% more than a year earlier.
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Rome
The March for Life passes in May through the streets of Rome from Piazza della Republica to the square in front of St. John's Basilica in Lateran, where the rally and performance are held.
He had a peculiar pronunciation in 2018 erstwhile it was 40 years after the legalization of abortion in Italy. At that time, 5.7 million children were murdered in the country. These figures are all the more dramatic if 1 takes into account the fact that at the same time the country has plunged into a demographic collapse. The Italians became the second – after the nipponese – oldest nation in the world. "There is not adequate talk in Italy about abortion and abortion law," said Vatican Radio Virginia Coda Nunziante, chair of the organisation committee of the march. The female pointed out that abortions are now frequently carried out at home, utilizing early-porn means: "Home abortions leave women, most frequently young, even more alone, and further deepen the tragedy of abortion for all woman."
Berlin
The Berlin March for Life is not among the most many (in September 2023 it gathered about 4,000 people), but it is peculiar due to the fact that it takes place in a very hostile atmosphere. It is accompanied by protests organised by the Alliance for Sexual Self-Determination, comprising the Greens, the Left organization and the Social Democratic Women's Working Group. Countermanifests disturb the march with names, vulgar songs and gestures, whistles and trumpets. They've been watched by 1,400 police lately. Organized on the same day, the march in Cologne did not scope its destination, due to the fact that the square where the rally was to take place was occupied by its opponents.
Alexandra Maria Linder, head of Berlin's coordination march of the Right to Life organization (Bundesverband Lebensrecht), accused politicians of deficiency of interest in the increasing number of abortions. The activist criticized the fact that the Bundestag abolished the ban on abortion advertising. She besides warned against legal attempts to let assisted suicide. The organisers of the Berlin march announced that in view of the increasing interest in the event, on 21 September 2024 there will be a “at least 2 great” Marches for Life in Germany.
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Szczecin
The oldest March for Life in Poland – the first was held in 2002. It's always the second Sunday after Easter. “John Paul II wrote in Evangelium vitaethat we should go out on the streets with a message of the value of life, so we do it" said Aletei, the organizer of the march Fr Tomasz Kancerczyk, president of the tiny ft Foundation. During the restrictions of covid, the march – just like others – was not organized, but alternatively the event “Hear” took place – on Jasny Błoniech in Szczecin the bell “The Voice of the Unborn” was placed on the bell, which could be called by anyone who wanted to. As it turned out, he called all the time, from 12 to 21. After resuming the march after the pandemic, the bell accompanies another manifestation.
Warsaw
On 14 April 2024, on the National Baptism of Poland, the National March of Life will pass through Warsaw streets. It is simply a manifestation for life and family, religion and faithfulness, freedom and independence. It will besides show solidarity with the most deprived, especially with children at hazard of abortion. The March organizes the St. Benedict Foundation.
On 16 June 2024, the March for Life and Family, organized by the Centre of Life and Family, will be held in Warsaw. The Centre has held specified demonstrations in the capital since 2006, besides encouraging residents of another cities to prepare their own events. In 2024, the marches will take place in 156 localities. They are always joyful events, affirming life and family, gathering people of different ages, especially families with children. They are frequently accompanied by collections for those in need, specified as homes of a single mother.
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