OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — The 29th annual Canadian National March for Life on May 14 for pro-lifers to descend on Parliament Hill to speak out is drawing closer.
Organized by Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), the march marks Canada’s 1969 Day of Infamy, when the Liberal government’s Omnibus Bill unleashed legal abortion on the nation. The theme of the march is “Follow Me,” a reference to Jesus’s call in Matthew 4:19 to His disciples: “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
“When Jesus said ‘Follow Me,’ the disciples dropped everything. They didn’t hesitate. They moved,” organizers said. “Not all of us are called to do pro-life work full-time, but we are all called to sacrifice for the cause. Take up your cross! We cannot continue with ‘business as usual’ in the face of the human rights injustices of abortion, IVF, and euthanasia. Can we not drop our nets for a day to be part of the largest annual pro-life demonstrations in Canada?”
More than five million preborn babies have been killed in Canada since the Omnibus bill, with almost 100,000 people also dying from euthanasia since the government of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau legalized it in 2016 under the euphemistic heading of “Medical Assistance in Dying.” In addition, a countless number of lives have been lost to the embryo-destructive practice of in vitro fertilization.
“The truth is, the world is watching Canada right now. They’re watching Canada with horror, right?” CLC’s Josie Luetke and Vice President Matthew Wojciechowski have said. “Our own government is killing people, up to almost 100,000 in the last decade, so we’re killing people at the end of life, and the beginning of life, and all throughout life.”
Fortunately, the March for Life ensures that killing is not all the world will see.
“Marching for Life is being faithful to our calling as Christians and providing a voice for those who have no voice,” said Archbishop Marcel Damphousse of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
Full details on the March, including exact dates, times, and locations, can be found on the National March for Life website.