Tens of thousands filled the square by the Ferry Building in downtown San Francisco for the 5th Annual Walk for Life West Coast Saturday, January 24.
(PRNewsFoto/Walk for Life West Coast/Photo by Darwin Sayo)
Posted on 01/24/2009 4:28:25 PM PST by Pyro7480
Tens of thousands of pro-life supporters filled the boulevard along San Francisco's waterfront for more than a mile in the 5th Annual Walk for Life West Coast today, walking behind a 10-foot-long "Abortion Hurts Women" banner....
The Walk came four days after President Barack Obama's inauguration and one day after Obama reversed the Bush administration's ban on federal funding of international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information.
"We shall overcome!" Frank Lee of Asian Americans Against Abortion, said, addressing the crowd in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Lee joined Walk organizer Eva Muntean to urge opposition to the proposed Freedom of Choice Act which would eliminate all restrictions on abortion.
"Women deserve better, men deserve better - we all deserve better than abortion," Feminist for Life speaker Karen Shablin, an African American, told the crowd. Shablin, a former member of the National Abortion Rights Action League who had an abortion in her 20s, said that 37 percent of abortions are done on black women - who make up just 13 percent of the population.
"President Obama puts a face on black genocide," declared Rev. Clenard Childress, a Baptist pastor and founder of BlackGenocide.org who has spoken at the Walk since its inception in 2005. "President Obama is the fulfillment of what the abortion industry always wanted and that was a black face to validate abortion."
But Childress said that Obama's election is not the end of the pro-life movement - to the contrary.
"We thank God today for this moment. You're not going away, I'm not going away. This is our moment," Childress said....
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Catholic and pro-life ping!
A picture of hope.
Truly heartwarming
Ping!
Wowee! Hubba hubba. And in San Francisco no less!
May God bless them, every one.
mrs
I am surprised that under an executive order from the new Prez that all of the protesters wern't arrested and sent to re-education camps.
Bravo! And well done indeed. Abortion hurts women badly and it kills the child. Never forget the child’s right to live!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! In SF no less, God bless you and God will honor your stand.
I am stunned that there are that many pro-life people left in California, let alone San Francisco.
God Bless them.
We have got to stop the FOCA. We have fought tooth and nail for so long, we can’t let this bill go thru.
Well, they came from all over northern California.
BTTT
That is a beautiful sight to see after the last 5 days. It gives me HOPE.
Why shocked? Gay people have fewer abortions than any other group.
My daughter and I were there for a time. Huge crowd.
Not all San Franciscans, though. Most bus in from outlying areas.
Were he to try such a stunt, our reaction would need to be quick and severe.
I caught Shiblen and Childress (sic) the Baptist Pastor on tv while doing my shift work (so could not pay full attention) but from what I picked up they were spot on IMO.
I personally prefer these type of speakers vs. to many personal stories of the emotional human trauma stories.
That is again just my preferance.
Most people I know exp. a painful loss or life changing injury and as in our way to cope we like to dwell on what we can accomplish in life not how painful our burdens are and trust me we have had some huge hurdles in our family.
Nuff said.
OK for anyone wondering where the Ferry Building in San Fran is I googled it.
Seems like a beautiful location for this event.
( I was curious do to growing up in the bay area as a kid)
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Address:http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php
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