{"id":1230711,"date":"2022-01-21T19:25:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T00:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1230711"},"modified":"2022-01-21T19:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T00:25:56","slug":"photos-tens-of-thousands-of-high-school-and-college-students-gather-in-d-c-to-march-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-tens-of-thousands-of-high-school-and-college-students-gather-in-d-c-to-march-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Tens of Thousands of High School and College Students Gather in D.C. to March for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphotos-tens-of-thousands-of-high-school-and-college-students-gather-in-d-c-to-march-for-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1230711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">WASHINGTON, District of Columbia \u2014 Thousands of pro-life high school and college students from across the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/21\/watch-live-49th-annual-march-for-life\/\">gathered<\/a> at the National Mall in Washington, DC, Friday to attend the 49th annual March for Life.<\/p>\n<p>A crowd of an estimated 50,000-plus mostly young people rallied near the Washington Monument before marching to the Supreme Court to stand for the rights of the unborn by protesting abortion and <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cEquality Begins in the Womb.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Franciscan University student Luke explained what he believes is a societal problem with the acceptance of abortion, saying, \u201cThe abortion industry is such a terrible thing. And that our society kind of tends to glorify, just this kind of selfishness that comes with it of like, you know, \u2018My rights and my privileges and what I want is more important than the life of this baby.\u2019\u201d Franciscan is a Catholic university in Steubenville, Ohio.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19583642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5973-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19583642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5973-1.jpg\" alt=\"March for Life 2022, National Mall, Washington, DC. (Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">March for Life 2022, National Mall, Washington, DC. (Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPro-life isn\u2019t just about abortion,\u201d Luke explained further. \u201cSo everything from euthanasia and caring for elderly people, and caring for people with mental disabilities. We tend to cast those people aside and just say, \u2018They don\u2019t matter,\u2019 just because they\u2019re inconvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>High school student Julia from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans told Breitbart News she is attending the March because \u201cthe baby inside of a woman is a real life from the moment it\u2019s conceived and we believe that life has a right to live. \u2026 Everyone should have an equal chance in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ella, another student from the Archdiocese of New Orleans, said, \u201cI\u2019m here to support all of the unborn babies that are in moms\u2019&nbsp;wombs to know that everyone\u2019s there for them, praying over them, and protecting them and that they are human lives that we should appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19583650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5986-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19583650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5986-1.jpg\" alt=\"March for Life 2022, National Mall, Washington, DC. (Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEvery baby is worth saving and living a full life and&nbsp;we should protect all of them,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing pro-life means just really seeing the worth and dignity of every person, whether they\u2019re in the womb or out of it,\u201d Franciscan student Brendan told Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19583666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5980-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19583666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5980-1.jpg\" alt=\"March for Life 2022, National Mall, Washington, DC. (Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But being pro-life is not just a religious issue, according to Brendan. \u201cA<span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word\">ll the time, you\u2019re seeing more and more scientific evidence that this really is a human being in the womb&nbsp;earlier and earlier on,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re getting better medical technology, which allows us to see heartbeats and stuff like that earlier and&nbsp;earlier on. And often, all a person needs is not necessarily religious argument, but often all they need is to see&nbsp;an image of the child in the womb&nbsp;\u2026 and they\u2019re often convinced to ditch their pro-choice and other pro-abortion stances and become pro-life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word\">In the same vein, Luke told Breitbart News, \u201cT<\/span><span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word\">he Constitution guarantees the right to life,&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"transcript-snippet__content__body__word\">and I think it\u2019s becoming a consensus among secular scientists, too, that babies can be viable very early on. And there\u2019s more and more biological, not religious, space with scientific evidence that the baby inside the womb is a living person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19583674\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5977-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19583674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5977-1.jpg\" alt=\"March for Life 2022, National Mall, Washington, DC. (Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the minds of many in the crowd was <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that is considered to be the most significant challenge to <em>Roe<\/em> in years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>While some are cautious, many remain optimistic about the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling, which will be decided later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a legal perspective \u2026 <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, it was not a very well run decision,\u201d Luke said. \u201cIt was not based on very good precedent, very weak arguments from the justices.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19583738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5975-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19583738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5975-1.jpg\" alt=\"March for Life 2022, National Mall, Washington, DC. (Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I get really excited, sometimes I feel like that the justices are gonna waffle,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m hoping they do the right thing, which I think is to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, but I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll have to see how it plays out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brendan, however, is a bit more encouraged by the prospect of overturning <em>Roe<\/em>, telling Breitbart News, \u201cI\u2019m fairly optimistic considering there are so many judges on the court who lean conservative now, and I hope and pray that&nbsp;they\u2019ll make the right decision. I\u2019m very optimistic. I think this March this year is more important than ever now, considering the <em>Dobbs<\/em> case is being decided upon right now. I think we really have a chance to make our voices heard here and really show our support for that, and maybe sway some people\u2019s opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19583706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5983-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19583706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5983-1.jpg\" alt=\"March for Life 2022, National Mall, Washington, DC. (Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News \/ Breccan F. Thies)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s March for Life theme is \u2018Equality Begins in the Womb,\u2019\u201d March for Life President Jeanne Mancini said in her remarks to the rallygoers. \u201cThe word equality is often used but rarely defined. \u2026&nbsp;The truth is that we are all equal in dignity, regardless of skin color, disability status, socioeconomic background, or stage of life, including earliest stages of life.&nbsp;Every life has inherent human dignity and every life matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>&nbsp;<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, District of Columbia \u2014 Thousands of pro-life high school and college students from across the country gathered at the National Mall in Washington, DC, Friday to attend the 49th &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}