Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2010 / 04:09 am
A delegation of international pro-life leaders will attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Friday to show support for American pro-lifers and to voice their opposition to the U.S. government’s “aggressive” pro-abortion foreign policies.
The leaders, from Africa, Europe, South America, Asia and Oceania, will speak at Human Life International’s (HLI) Jan. 22 “The Fight for Life Around the World” conference at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. before joining hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates in the annual March for Life.
"America's March for Life is now the world's March for Life," commented Joseph Meaney, Director of International Coordination for HLI. “It has become the world's pro-life protest because of the aggressive promotion of abortion and population control that is now official policy of the United States, thanks to the administration of President Barack Obama.”
Dr. Ligaya Acosta, HLI Regional Coordinator for Asia and Oceania, noted that the March for Life marks both the anniversary of the pro-abortion Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade and also falls near the anniversary of President Barack Obama’s reversal of the Mexico City Policy, which barred U.S. taxpayer funds for international organizations that promote or perform abortions.