Posted on 01/19/2008 8:18:29 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
Thousands of abortion protesters marched along San Francisco's waterfront Saturday, hectored by a smaller band of abortion rights supporters, as both sides marked the impending anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that established those rights 35 years ago.
Although passions ran high in both camps, the event - what is becoming an annual trek by the anti-abortion movement into what they consider the heart of abortion rights territory - was peaceful.
At least 10,000 abortion opponents were bused into the city from all over California, and from outside the state, for a morning rally in Justin Herman Plaza.
The two-mile Walk for Life West Coast was organized to coincide with the forthcoming anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion in the United States.
Mark Bradford, 50, said he flew from Philadelphia to march for his 6-year-old son who has Down syndrome. "Every day I see the joy that my son brings to me and to my family," Bradford said. "It's distressing to me to think that under some circumstances that beautiful life would not be brought into the world."
The event was also promoted as a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration and featured several black leaders, including Alveda King, a niece of the slain civil rights leader.
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There are public opinion polls, the increasing viability of pro-life candidates for political office, and the widespread support for the recent Supreme Court’s upholding of the partial birth abortion ban.
the increasing viability of pro-life candidates for political office,
This is a more meaningful measure.
Hmmm .... There's a presidential election going on.
The 'RATS are all proabortion.
The two most realiably prolife Republican candidates have dropped out. (Yes, I blame the MSM and their all horserace all the time, issues-free coverage for some of that.)
Of the remainder ... Giuliani doesn't strike me as being a prolife candidate, nor Romney. That leaves Huckabee and McCain ... We'll see how viable they are.
Oh, yes ... Ron Paul is reliably prolife.
Wow! I would have taken part if I had known it was taking place.
Another example is that in 2004, John Kerry had to repeatedly try to defuse hostility to his pro-abort stances. The fact that he applied a pro-Roe vs. Wade litmus test to judicial nominees definitely damaged his viability. His attempts to soft-pedal the issue (which can be seen in transcripts of the Presidential debates) show that being pro-abort is not the asset that it was 20 years ago.
Spawn of hippies. Probably never met his father.
No, it's all an allusion.
A CGI thingie.
All they really did was sit at their computers and complain about people not doing anything useful.
I'm sorry to have missed it this year.
Gianna Jessen is a treasure. Her speech was broadcast on EWTN, and had me so worked up emotionally....she was amazing. She thanks God every day for the gift of life, and what she calls the “gift of cerebral palsy,” but the honest truth is that she is God’s gift to all of us.
I think his name is Pinga Sequoia
Funny how that works, isn't it?
Just like everyone who was/is pro-slavery is free.
I have trouble remembering names so I'm just gonna call him dumbass.
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