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Wednesday May 7, 2008
From BC to PEI Most Canadian Provinces Holding Regional Marches for Life this Week
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By Hilary White
OTTAWA, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Canada's March for Life, started only 11 years ago, has grown into a nation-wide event and attracts record numbers of young people every year.
Organised by the various local branches of Campaign Life Coalition, the March is being carried on from coast to coast in early May from the 2nd to the 11th. In picturesque Victoria, B.C., in Alberta, in Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and even tiny Prince Edward Island pro-life Canadians, especially young people, will make a public outcry against Canada's lawless abortion regime.
March organisers emphasise the lack of any legal restrictions on abortion in Canada and the poor reporting and information available on the subject to Canadian women.
Statistics Canada routinely admits that the lack of adequate medical records on abortion make an exact abortion count impossible. Of the 47,005 abortions performed in private clinics in 2004, only Alberta provided detailed medical records for their 6,125 clinic abortions. But some estimate that, of Canada's annual pregnancies, fully one-third end violently in abortion every year.
"Why should women be kept in the dark?" asked organiser, Natalie Hudson. "Why aren't they told? Women deserve to know the risks involved in serious medical procedures which will affect them for the rest of their lives."
The March, as it continues to grow as a nation-wide phenomenon, aims to bring these issues into the public eye and onto the radar screen of legislators. Hudson echoes the hope that the March will be a catalyst for change. "Abortion is harmful to women and fatal to their unborn babies. We are tired of abortion being the catch-all for unplanned pregnancy. We believe that our society can do much better."
The March is increasingly becoming a youth event. Organisers of the March in Ottawa say that the number of high school age students signed up for the youth conference at the March as of last week was 760, making it the largest pro-life conference in recent Canadian history.
The March has grown since its inception in 1999 when about 2,300 gathered to the 7000 mostly high school and college age marchers in 2007.
Read coverage of 2007 March:
Canadian March for Life Hits New Attendance Level of 7,000 With 75% Youth
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/may/07051108.html
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