CNS–March for Life marks growing momentum in Canadian pro-life movement

With an estimated 12,500 people gathered on Parliament Hill, Canada’s largest ever March for Life May 13 gave a boost to what observers consider to be growing momentum within the country’s pro-life movement.

The crowd celebrated the recent defeat in the Canadian Parliament of legislation that would have legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide. Those gathered also were pleased by a recent parliament vote to exclude abortion in a Canadian-led maternal and child health initiative among the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations.

“These are two tangible, visible steps that we are moving toward a culture of life in Canada,” Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, told the crowd.

He cited studies that show 64 percent of women were pressured into having abortions and 83 percent regretted having one.

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