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sábado, 26 de enero de 2013

The 2013 March for Life, which marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, was a youthful and youth-filled event.



In the beginning, Nellie Gray imagined there would be a need for one march for life. It was a year after the Roe v Wade decision, and there was perhaps just enough outrage that people felt a legislative remedy could be attained.

“But then we realized that Congress wasn’t going to help, so we had a second,” Gray reflected.

And a third, and a fourth…

On Friday, January 25th, the 2013 March for Life marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, which struck down most abortion laws in the United States. It was the first March for Life without Gray, who died last August at the age of 88. But for those who knew her and worked with her, and for thousands of people who have been to the annual event in the past, her spirit was everywhere.
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