[CounterCounterCulture]

Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators crowd into the park at Embarcadero Plaza for the fourth annual Walk for Life rally and march. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn

Anti-abortion demonstrators participate in the Walk for Life rally in S.F. Chronicle photo by Kurt Rogers

Pangaea Sequoia yells at anti-abortion demonstrators taking part in the fourth annual Walk for Life march in San Francisco. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn

(Yes, you read that right, Pangaea Sequoia, and yes, he is wearing a tie-dye dress)

[jiggyboy]

March, smarch. What I want to know is, did they do anything useful, like pass a petition around for everybody to sign. They love their petitions.

[Amendment10]

This post attempts to explain how FDR's 10th A.-ignoring establishment of New Deal federal spending programs like Social Security have led to ongoing social unrest concerning state issues like abortion as evidenced by this thread. Note that the post first references two non-abortion cases to show how renegade majority justices have essentially been ignoring the 10th A. since the days of FDR's dirty politics.

Anybody who feels inclined to comment about the above referenced post, please do so in this thread.

[Zetman]

It was quite an event. My feet are still sore!!

[irishjuggler]

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.

Were bused? Interesting use of the passive voice. The terribly biased S.F. Chronicle makes it sounds like these participants were mindless rubes who were herded like cattle onto buses and taken to the big city. I know people who were attending today's event, and the truth is that it attracts plenty of local people who aren't "bused in." Sure, a lot of the college kids coming up from Southern California or the valley arrived by bus, but so what? To say that they were "bused in" implies a passivity that doesn't match reality. The folks are taking the initiative to defend life and are anything but passive drones.

[FormerACLUmember]

Protecting the defenseless innocents from the democrat party barbarian murderers.

[bert]

The bias...........

Since they were bussed in from all over, it was not a legitimate crowd

[don-o]

Congratulations on a great event. The worst thing about this presidential election is that protection for the unborn is just a seat away on SCOTUS and the Republicans have a death wish.

unintended irony

[Carry_Okie]

Great post CCC, thank you.

[Sun]

“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.”’

That is so moving. It must hurt this dad, and other parents who have children with Down syndrome, that some would not want their children to live.

[Larry Lucido]

Hope they wore protection.

[GSWarrior]

Wow! I would have taken part if I had known it was taking place.

[BaBaStooey]

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.