Ecumenical worship before the march:
Bishop Don Harvey:
Bishop Charlie and Rev. Dorothy arrive:
Some of our lot:
Plenty of cameras:
Bishop Charlie Masters opens the march with prayer:
And off we go:
I know it’s hard to believe, but not everyone agrees with us:
Most do:
After the march:
Thank you for these powerful images. The Lord sees the little ones even when we don’t.
Thank you David for these pictures that take us to Ottawa and let us share in your trip and for standing up to be counted for those who can’t stand up or themselves. You are all a great blessing to our Lord, and to those who know you. Thanks.
No mention on MSN Canada web page anything on the March for Life but the concern for the death of frogs was covered. http://news.ca.msn.com/world/dancing-frogs-newly-discovered-in-india-face-extinction-1.
Of course women regret their abortions. Who believes abortion is fun? The level of this debate is stridently adolescent.
…and yet, you are right in the thick of it making ad hominem attacks.
Ad hominem? I haven’t mentioned anyone!
I’m categorising the level of debate. The statement “I regret my abortion” says nothing about abortion as an issue, as David neatly demonstrates with his example about teeth downthread.
“The level of this debate is stridently adolescent” Glad to hear you weren”t referring to the previous three posters.
I’m talking about the placards in the photos.
So the placards are “stridently adolescent”?
Yes. They’re a emotion-baiting soundbite that makes zero argument.
The placards are not an argument. They are an admission.
I think the placards are conveying an important message, that being that these women are saying that they now know things that they did not know at the time of their abortions, and that if they only knew then what they know now that they would not have had their abortions.
This raises a pertinent issue within the abortion debate. Should women be offered information and/or counseling before a requested abortion is proceeded with? The “pro-choice” people have already said that such an offer is a hindering and interfering with the rights of women to control their own bodies and thus are completely opposed to it.
I of course have to raise this question. What other serious medical service is provided to anyone in our country without a full consultation from a qualified medical professional first being given? I was not able to just show up at my local hospital for a sleep study to evaluate my condition of sleep apnea without first having been referred by my family doctor. So why is it that women can just show up at an abortion clinic without any referrals, consultations, or counselling?
Any idea on the number of people who showed up?
I can find you people who regret their abortion without believing it was the wrong thing to do, Anonymuse.
So what? There hae been many people who have regretted a lot of things they have done, sometimes utterly horrible things, without ever conceding that what they did may have been wrong by any reasonable standard. With respect, your statement does not support,, much less sustain, any point you think you may be trying to make.
Vincent,
The point you seem determined to make continues to elude me; no matter. Perhaps it would help if you explained clearly what your position is on abortion.
Not something I would encourage anyone to have. Not something my wife and I would consider. But for a society, a necessary right. Female education and reproductive freedom are too often correlated to prosperity and equity in society to ignore or prevent.
The number of souls present has its full support from those scores of thousands who could not be there; and the now untold millions in this great global sin who will never be there. Thank you to each and all for your courageous witness to life and life eternal.