Bush spoke by phone at the beginning of a two-hour rally on the National Mall preceding the marchers' slow, peaceful trek around the Capitol to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Nellie Gray, who has led the March for Life since its inception in 1974, said she warned abortion advocates back then that they were on a "slippery slope" that would also lead to euthanasia.
Among people she introduced on the stage were Bobby Schindler and Suzanne Schindler Vitadamo, the brother and sister of Terri Schindler Schiavo, the Florida woman who two years ago died after her life support was removed by court order at her husband's request, despite efforts by her natural family to keep her alive.
Culture of life means changing hearts, president tells March for Life
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Some opponents of the measures cited the case of Terry Schiavo, a Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state who ended up at the center of a legal battle over whether she should be allowed to die. Ultimately, her husband ordered her feeding tube removed, and she died.
Sen. Dennis Schmidt, R-Rapid City, voted against all three measures. He said the Legislature should be cautious about end-of-life issues.
“We’re not putting dogs to sleep. These are human beings,” Schmidt said.
Schmidt said he would rather maintain a patient’s life another day and “let God take this person.”
Schmidt said government is now in people’s homes and in businesses, but he wants to prevent government from entering people’s hearts. “The heart belongs to us and to our God.”
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