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Oregon Right to Life Rally Draws 7,000

Submitted by T D Williams on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 03:39

 

Oregon Right to Life sponsored a rally at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland today. It drew about 7,000 people on a cold, windy day.

The rally drew attention to the 50 million children lost to abortion, and speakers urged action to give children the protection they deserve.

 

There were a lot of youth at the rally, some with their families, some by themselves. A man in his 50's set a long, slim mailing box down on the half high brick wall next to me and took out some sort of banner set up. Two young men came jumping up over the wall to see a small group of 20 or so pro-abortion advocates marching on the other side of the street. The guy with the banner asked if they would help him set his banner up. One of the young men (16 or 17 years old) asked him what was on it. He said, "a picture." Wisely, the young men said they wanted to see what was going on with the marchers and kept going. The banner guy continued fiddling with setting his banner up, but was careful not to show what was on it. The rally was almost over by this time, and I left before he got it unfurled. So, I never found out what the banner was all about.

 

Among the speakers, young, dynamic Jennifer Salame highlighted what youth can do in the pro-life cause. 

   The Oregonian's Brent Wojahn took some rather ho-hum photos, most close up, small group pictures--none giving a perspective of the number or diversity of the crowd present.

 

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Great job

Submitted by chemjeff on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 10:35.

That is really great.  Looks like the protest was very successful.  Keep up the good work!

What was said about IVF?

Submitted by NextRightNando on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 10:56.

What was said about the millions of embyryos killed or wrongfully imprisioned in the nation's 500 IVF clinics? When is something going to be done about this outrage? Why aren't people taking action NOW, given that there is no equivalent to Roe v. Wade standing in the way?

50millionlost rally

Submitted by dblulu on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 14:10.

As far as we know this was the largest pro-life gathering ever in Oregon.  There were some large ones early on after Roe.  This event was over the top great!  So many younger people and a very diverse crowd. 

 I really think that the election results have stirred us up.  And the message was not very political.  Most of the speakers talked about pregnancy support and our individual responsibility to help.  I hope this begins to get the message out that the pro-life movement has a political component, but it is so much more. 

Great Job

Submitted by Wayne from Jere... on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 17:17.

It is awesome how you can always get a turnout with pro-lifers these people know how to create grass roots momentum. The Republican activists should use them as a study.