A little snow can’t stop the March for Life

Cold weather is a March for Life tradition. 

The annual rally and march against abortion commemorates the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in January and has for 51 years, so it was little surprise that Friday’s march featured frigid temperatures and a snowstorm. 

I have attended almost every March for Life over the past 10 years, and I can’t remember a year that wasn’t freezing. My most memorable March for Life experience was in 2016, when a blizzard swept into the nation’s capital right as the march began. I was attending that year with my college, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and our bus caravan got stuck in the snow for two days on the way back to Ohio.

On Friday, snow swept through the nation’s capital and blanketed the National Mall and the March for Life crowd.

But through all these blistery cold, wet, and icy days, thousands still come to Washington to march, cheer, sing, pray, and protest against the moral horror that is abortion.

That is what makes the March for Life such a unique event. Come wind, snow, sleet, or rain, the crowds still come, and they still march with an unmatched cheerful disposition that stands in stark contrast to the many other protests and rallies that occur in Washington every year.

And while the March for Life typically attracts a small group of counterprotesters, at least one organized counter-protest saw the forecast and decided to stay inside.

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The group, Reproaction, accused the March for Life of failing to “prioritize the safety of their staff, members, & government employees who have to work overtime to provide security [and] clean-up for their noxious event.”

What Reproaction doesn’t understand is that those who come to Washington to March for Life are not marching for themselves. They are marching for those who have no voice of their own. And there is no way a little snow is going to stop this selfless act.