I didn’t know what to expect at my first March for Life last week. How would I fit in? Everyone knows pro-lifers are patriarchal, angry, white men.
This family marches together annually.The courageous Rebecca Kiessling*.Don’t you love their yellow hats?Chose life for her daughter 24 years ago.
Radical, right-wing extremists.
International adoptee.Um, Mr. President…Bold and beautiful.
Religious fundamentalists.
Self-proclaimed secular pro-lifers.
Uneducated.
Here comes LSU…and Sienna College…and Carnegie Mellon…
Hateful.
Married, marching since 1974.Thanks, Mom and Grandma.Their Mom and Grandma with her sign.Love says.
Ugly.
“I’m worth waiting for.”
Really, really old.
You say it’s your birthday?Face it.Defend life.
Curmudgeons who don’t have any fun.
Boy band.
Definitely not cool.
He got a little “change” in his pocket.Pro-life generation, nose rings and all.
Illiterate.
The wisdom of Seuss.
Insensitive.
Brave couple.
They don’t care about women and children.
Marching mom.Mother and child.Stroller brigade.Watching from Daddy’s shoulders.
In fact, they don’t care about women’s rights at all.
New wave feminists are pro-life.Me and Jewels Green of Feminists for Life.Personhood for all.
Totally irrelevant.
On Capitol Hill.
Not enough of them to cover in the news anyway.
Is this enough?How about this?Or this?
Just a handful of loonies.
View from Constitution Avenue.
Who aren’t going away anytime soon.
Old Glory in the March for Life.40 years too many.
God’s plan looked foolish to men, but it is wiser than the best plans of men. God’s plan which may look weak is stronger than the strongest plans of men. 1 Corinthians 1:25 NLV
What a powerful experience! It’s so cool that you got to do that. And I’m so glad that some feminists are out there! And, as someone who wants to adopt, I am already so thankful for the children that Andrew and I will have whose biological mothers do not choose abortion. Thanks for sharing all of these pictures.
Thanks, Ariel. I was glad to see such a mix of people who view many things differently, but agree abortion on demand is not good policy.
Thanks for sharing this. Great post! I got chills when I saw the photo of the couple expressing regret over an abortion in the past. So moving. This is my first stop by your blog…and I’m loving it!
Emily
Thanks for dropping by and commenting, Emily. I hope to see you again soon!
My wife and I are friends with a woman who made the trip as well. She said it was her first and last time. She did NOT have a good trip. Some times I think it just happens that way, sometimes I think it’s spiritual warfare. She was supposed to give her testimony. She was with a group that was in front of the Supreme Court. Right before she was to speak an announcement was made that a suspicious package had been found and the entire area was evacuated. She spent the next several hours with many others several blocks away I believe at a subway terminal.
This woman is a strong Christian. She’s got a fervor that is wonderful to see. She also had an abortion years ago before she became a Christian. She has two young children now.
She had an interesting take on the whole thing, specifically as someone who’s had an abortion and in some respects might still be considered a babe in Christ – though she’s been saved for several years now and spends a lot of time in Bible studies. She does BSF and goes to church. Funny but understandable statement of hers, she doesn’t like most Christians.
Anyhow, she rode with a group which many seemed very puffed up and proud. “Look at what we’re doing!” She also felt that many of them were looking at the movement and potential/post abortive women in the wrong way. Lastly and most interestingly, she took great umbrage at the sign, “I regret my abortion”. In her words, she doesn’t regret her abortion. Most would lose it at that point wondering how she can call herself a Christian or pro-life, etc. Her followup was that she’s free in Christ. In other words, she’s saying that she repented when she came to Christ and that she’s forgiven. She’s moved on and I think that’s a wise thing that many of us who call ourselves Christians could learn and meditate on in a variety of situations. If we are truly free and saved, why do we continue to beat ourselves up with regret over past sins that Christ has thrown to the bottom of the sea and forgotten?
Hi, WA. Nice to see you here.
I must have left before the whole suspicious package evacuation happened. I didn’t even hear about it, which is telling in itself that there was no news coverage of this bomb scare on the Supreme Court steps. Hmm. Now I wish I’d stayed longer to tell that part of the story, too.
Do you know if the people in your friend’s group knew she was post-abortive? If so, I wish they’d been more sensitive and supportive to her. There’s a lot we as pro-lifers and Christians could learned from her experience. And I can see your friend’s point about the sign, though I think those carrying the signs were making an important statement. In Christ, we are free from past sins–but most of us still live with at least some of the consequences. The couple in the essay with the “regret” signs are also Christians from the St. Louis area. This is how they choose to deal with their grief. They want to tell the truth. I can’t fault them for shedding light on what the aftermath of abortion is like for some people.
In answer to a question, not at the current time.
I was with Rebecca Keissling’s group Savethe1. . I was conceived in rape and I LOVE MY LIFE. The march was awesome, and your pictorial article refutes all the stereotypes of people who cherish life. I loved to see so many young people there so passionate about life. Of the estimated 600,000 marchers, I would estimate that more than half of them were under 25. I LOVE that. They are the future of this fight to abolish abortion.
Patti, thanks so much for coming by and commenting! Savethe1 has such a powerful, important message and you tell it with your very lives. I love your bold witness to the truth.
I liked the photo of the group of young women with the yellow hats. While the whole thing makes me want to cry and Cry out to God, that photo made me smile.
That group was from Detroit and they were darling. Beautiful, beautiful young women. And the color coordinated hats were terrific!
Love, love, love… I think my favorites are the older couple who’ve marched together since 1974, and the brave young couple who are willing to publicly proclaim their grief and regret over their decision to abort. Thank you for all these photos, Aimee–what a treasure!
I know, both couples were amazing! The post-abortive couple is from the St. Louis area, so we talked about that a bit. I’m not sure I could hold up a sign like that, much less tell the story of my grief on the steps of the Supreme Court–but many brave women and men did just that. They were part of the Silent No More group, and most spoke of Rachel’s Vineyard as a point of recovery.
What a powerful experience! It’s so cool that you got to do that. And I’m so glad that some feminists are out there! And, as someone who wants to adopt, I am already so thankful for the children that Andrew and I will have whose biological mothers do not choose abortion. Thanks for sharing all of these pictures.
Thanks, Ariel. I was glad to see such a mix of people who view many things differently, but agree abortion on demand is not good policy.
Thanks for sharing this. Great post! I got chills when I saw the photo of the couple expressing regret over an abortion in the past. So moving. This is my first stop by your blog…and I’m loving it!
Emily
Thanks for dropping by and commenting, Emily. I hope to see you again soon!
My wife and I are friends with a woman who made the trip as well. She said it was her first and last time. She did NOT have a good trip. Some times I think it just happens that way, sometimes I think it’s spiritual warfare. She was supposed to give her testimony. She was with a group that was in front of the Supreme Court. Right before she was to speak an announcement was made that a suspicious package had been found and the entire area was evacuated. She spent the next several hours with many others several blocks away I believe at a subway terminal.
This woman is a strong Christian. She’s got a fervor that is wonderful to see. She also had an abortion years ago before she became a Christian. She has two young children now.
She had an interesting take on the whole thing, specifically as someone who’s had an abortion and in some respects might still be considered a babe in Christ – though she’s been saved for several years now and spends a lot of time in Bible studies. She does BSF and goes to church. Funny but understandable statement of hers, she doesn’t like most Christians.
Anyhow, she rode with a group which many seemed very puffed up and proud. “Look at what we’re doing!” She also felt that many of them were looking at the movement and potential/post abortive women in the wrong way. Lastly and most interestingly, she took great umbrage at the sign, “I regret my abortion”. In her words, she doesn’t regret her abortion. Most would lose it at that point wondering how she can call herself a Christian or pro-life, etc. Her followup was that she’s free in Christ. In other words, she’s saying that she repented when she came to Christ and that she’s forgiven. She’s moved on and I think that’s a wise thing that many of us who call ourselves Christians could learn and meditate on in a variety of situations. If we are truly free and saved, why do we continue to beat ourselves up with regret over past sins that Christ has thrown to the bottom of the sea and forgotten?
Hi, WA. Nice to see you here.
I must have left before the whole suspicious package evacuation happened. I didn’t even hear about it, which is telling in itself that there was no news coverage of this bomb scare on the Supreme Court steps. Hmm. Now I wish I’d stayed longer to tell that part of the story, too.
Do you know if the people in your friend’s group knew she was post-abortive? If so, I wish they’d been more sensitive and supportive to her. There’s a lot we as pro-lifers and Christians could learned from her experience. And I can see your friend’s point about the sign, though I think those carrying the signs were making an important statement. In Christ, we are free from past sins–but most of us still live with at least some of the consequences. The couple in the essay with the “regret” signs are also Christians from the St. Louis area. This is how they choose to deal with their grief. They want to tell the truth. I can’t fault them for shedding light on what the aftermath of abortion is like for some people.
In answer to a question, not at the current time.
I was with Rebecca Keissling’s group Savethe1. . I was conceived in rape and I LOVE MY LIFE. The march was awesome, and your pictorial article refutes all the stereotypes of people who cherish life. I loved to see so many young people there so passionate about life. Of the estimated 600,000 marchers, I would estimate that more than half of them were under 25. I LOVE that. They are the future of this fight to abolish abortion.
Patti, thanks so much for coming by and commenting! Savethe1 has such a powerful, important message and you tell it with your very lives. I love your bold witness to the truth.
Aimee,
Stunning. Funny. Gracious. And heartfelt. Thank you for sharing. By the way, I’ve nominated you for a Liebster Award. Check it out: http://lisenstromberg.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/spreading-blog-love/
Thank you, Lisen!
I liked the photo of the group of young women with the yellow hats. While the whole thing makes me want to cry and Cry out to God, that photo made me smile.
That group was from Detroit and they were darling. Beautiful, beautiful young women. And the color coordinated hats were terrific!
Love, love, love… I think my favorites are the older couple who’ve marched together since 1974, and the brave young couple who are willing to publicly proclaim their grief and regret over their decision to abort. Thank you for all these photos, Aimee–what a treasure!
I know, both couples were amazing! The post-abortive couple is from the St. Louis area, so we talked about that a bit. I’m not sure I could hold up a sign like that, much less tell the story of my grief on the steps of the Supreme Court–but many brave women and men did just that. They were part of the Silent No More group, and most spoke of Rachel’s Vineyard as a point of recovery.