Rep. Diane Black and Dr. Charmaine Yoest: Abortion Is Not Female Empowerment

time.com ^ | January 20, 2016 | Diane Black and Charmaine Yoest

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The anti-abortion movement is not about politics or religion—it’s about compassion

For more than 40 years now, Americans from all walks of life have journeyed to our nation’s capital in the middle of winter to rally around a common cause: the dignity and value of innocent human life. The annual March for Life event in Washington on Friday coincides with the Jan. 22, 1973, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade that invalidated state abortion laws across the country to make elective abortion the law of the land.

This year, as in years past, marchers will peacefully assemble by the tens of thousands on the National Mall to honor the more than 57 million lives lost to abortion; we will demand change. At its core, this movement is not political or even religious. It is a demand for justice, and it is an act of compassion—one that we fully embrace.