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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1084590" data-attributes="member: 1246">Hundreds of thousands turned out in DC today for the March for Life. Early estimates on social media believed numbers around half a million, more than last year’s 400,000.Many in media appear traditionally to ignore the event, or not mention the massive numbers involved.Via <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/25/abortion-march-for-life-washington/1864051/" target="_blank">USA Today</a>:Thousands of young adults thronged the National Mall on Friday to protest abortion and cheer speakers who called for overturning the 40-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
Protesters — drawn by social media and church youth groups — flocked to the annual March for Life despite subfreezing temperatures and snow in the forecast.

“We are winning with young people. I see it right in front of me today,” said organizer Jeanne Monahan, president of the March for Life Education &amp; Defense Fund.

As one abortion opponent after another addressed the crowd, Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey drew the loudest applause with an attack on the court ruling: “Forty years ago this past Tuesday marks the Supreme Court’s infamous, reckless and inhumane abandonment of women and babies to the abortionists.”
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1084590, member: 1246"] Hundreds of thousands turned out in DC today for the March for Life. Early estimates on social media believed numbers around half a million, more than last year’s 400,000. Many in media appear traditionally to ignore the event, or not mention the massive numbers involved. Via [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/25/abortion-march-for-life-washington/1864051/"]USA Today[/URL]: [INDENT]Thousands of young adults thronged the National Mall on Friday to protest abortion and cheer speakers who called for overturning the 40-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Protesters — drawn by social media and church youth groups — flocked to the annual March for Life despite subfreezing temperatures and snow in the forecast. “We are winning with young people. I see it right in front of me today,” said organizer Jeanne Monahan, president of the March for Life Education & Defense Fund. As one abortion opponent after another addressed the crowd, Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey drew the loudest applause with an attack on the court ruling: “Forty years ago this past Tuesday marks the Supreme Court’s infamous, reckless and inhumane abandonment of women and babies to the abortionists.” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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