Walk for Life West Coast turnout ‘looking big’
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San Francisco, Calif., Jan 17, 2009 / 07:13 am (CNA).- Pro-life advocates in San Francisco, citing signs of greater participation, expect a large turnout in the Walk for Life West Coast to be held on January 24.

A record number of buses reportedly have already been registered, with more registrants expected.

"We always have a flood of last-minute sign-ups," Walk for Life West Coast co-chair Dolores Muntean said, according to a press release. "I never want to predict turnout, but it is looking big this year."

"This is the 5th year and it has become part of the fabric of the city and the state," she continued. "People just plan to come as part of their January."

The event takes place two days after the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court pro-abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade.

Last year an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 people attended the event, which includes a rally and walk along San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf and the Embarcadero.

The pro-life cause faces an entrenched culture of legalized abortion advocates in the Bay area. For years in San Francisco, no public official has been elected without endorsing abortion rights. In 2005, the first year of Walk for Life West Coast, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom spoke at a rally near the walk, condemning the event. The same year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors declared January 22 “Stand up for Choice Day.”

This year’s Walk comes days after President-elect Obama takes office.

Muntean tried to connect the two events, saying:

"Americans voted for our new president because they do care about justice - they wanted to shut the door permanently on the prejudice and injustice that is a blemish on our history. We hope President-elect Obama will bring the concern for Americans' well-being that he is showing in tackling the economy to bring justice to women in crisis pregnancies and to the unborn - the most vulnerable of all.”

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Published by: JFB
Crestline, CA, USA 01/21/2009 12:50 PM EST
God bless you in your Jan.24th Walk for Life March! We have a new President now. He has promised to sign the proposed FOCA bill.
"Liberty, freedom & rights". We hear a lot about these terms of entitlement & expectation. Under the guise of "freedom of choice" for the mother, over 40 million abortions have happened in this "great" nation of ours. What about "liberty, freedom & rights" for these new children & future adults? Their little lives have been abruptly ended by abortion (ie. murder). This travesty, a coalition of mother and doctor, is permitted by our laws. The proposed "Freedom of Choice Act" will further extend abortions, adding public funding, & requiring hospitals & doctors to perform such murders, under threats of non-funding or serious penalties under Federal law, and despite any moral repugnance, religious beliefs or concern for the rights of the growing child/adult. May God have mercy on us for allowing such evil, & such cold-blooded slaughter of His innocents. We are blinded by our consideration only of the rights of the mother, but ignore the crying out the rights of His newly created children. Write your Congressman today opposing the proposed "Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)"!
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Published by: Bob
Phila, PA 01/19/2009 06:25 AM EST
In yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer there was an editorial about the high level of pregnancies in the African American community that end in abortion. 39% of all pregnancies in this community in Philadelphia(almost 4 out of 10 babies) ends in an abortion. These numbers are simply amazing and chilling.With the inauguration of the first African American president, where is the outcry to Obama from the African American ministers/pastors? Attending a local Right to Life march and rally yesterday, there was not one African American minister or lay person attending. Where are they and why such silence? There should be a constant full court press from all of us to the new president to end legalized aportion.
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Published by: RosalindaL
Denver 01/17/2009 10:44 PM EST
God bless all of you who are making the trip to either coast for this historical event and God bless you on this beautiful sacrafice and journey to HIM. LAUS DEO!!
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