March for Life Photo Essay

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.

African American women pro-lifers March for Life
This family marches together annually.
Rebecca Kiessling March for Life
The courageous Rebecca Kiessling*.
March for Life
Don’t you love their yellow hats?
Asian American woman pro-lifer March for Life
Chose life for her daughter 24 years ago.

Radical, right-wing extremists.

adopted from Korea March for Life
International adoptee.
March for Life sign to President
Um, Mr. President…
conceived from rape March for Life
Bold and beautiful.

Religious fundamentalists.

secular pro-lifers March for Life
Self-proclaimed secular pro-lifers.

Uneducated.

pro-life generation LSU March for Life
Here comes LSU…
Sienna College pro-life generation March for Life
and Sienna College…
Carnegie Mellon pro-life generation March for Life
and Carnegie Mellon…

Hateful.

pro-life couple  March for Life
Married, marching since 1974.
adopted not aborted father and son March for Life
Thanks, Mom and Grandma.
adoptive mother March for Life
Their Mom and Grandma with her sign.
thou shalt not kill March for Life
Love says.

Ugly.

I'm worth waiting for March for Life
“I’m worth waiting for.”

Really, really old.

birthday pro-lifer March for Life
You say it’s your birthday?
face it March for Life
Face it.
young pro-life women March for Life
Defend life.

Curmudgeons who don’t have any fun.

pro-life drummers March for Life
Boy band.

Definitely not cool.

pro-life jeans sign March for Life
He got a little “change” in his pocket.
nose ring pro-life March for Life
Pro-life generation, nose rings and all.

Illiterate.

a person is a person March for Life
The wisdom of Seuss.

Insensitive.

pro-abortive couple March for Life
Brave couple.

They don’t care about women and children.

mom with stroller baby March for Life
Marching mom.
mother with baby March for Life
Mother and child.
mother with babies March for Life
Stroller brigade.
life counts child on shoulders March for Life
Watching from Daddy’s shoulders.

In fact, they don’t care about women’s rights at all.

new wave feminists March for Life
New wave feminists are pro-life.
me and Jewels Green of Feminists for Life
Me and Jewels Green of Feminists for Life.
personhood for all March for Life
Personhood for all.

Totally irrelevant.

Capitol Hill March for Life
On Capitol Hill.

Not enough of them to cover in the news anyway.

March for Life 2013
Is this enough?
March for Life 2013
How about this?
March for Life 2013
Or this?

Just a handful of loonies.

Constitution Avenue view March for Life
View from Constitution Avenue.

Who aren’t going away anytime soon.

Old Glory March for Life
Old Glory in the March for Life.
40 years too many 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

Let Mercy Lead by the timeless Rich Mullins.

pro life chick
pro-life chick

“Various media outlets put the estimate for this year’s March for Life crowd at between 500,000 and 650,000.” Catholic News Service

The March for Life is scheduled for January 22nd of both 2014 and 2015, marking the 41st and 42nd anniversaries of Roe v. Wade.

Every picture tells a story. What’s your favorite?

*I was surprised and delighted to run into Rebecca Kiessling in the crowds at the March for Life. To hear her story, please watch Reclaiming the Human Center of the Abortion Debate or see Rebecca’s website.

Also, if you haven’t already, please see my written report on BlogHer Walking the March for Life for the First Time.

March for Life Story on BlogHer

March for Life mom
pro-life mom I met at March for Life

I’m home safe and sound after an exciting trip to Washington, D.C., and I’m thrilled BlogHer News has published my story Walking the March for Life for the First Time.

BlogHer, thank you for showing a diversity of women’s perspectives.

Everyone, I would be so grateful if you would please click over to BlogHer to read and share the story. Here’s the link:

Walking the March for Life for the First Time