Statistics say that this new generation of Americans is leaning heavily pro-life.

The pro-life generation

by Christy Stutzman


They say that ladies never reveal their age, but for once, I will reveal mine in hopes of making a point. I was born in 1973, the year that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade. As much as I don’t like the name, I’m a member of “Generation X,” whatever that means. I’d suggest that we might be earning ourselves a new name soon, and it has to do with the “Right to Life” movement.

This week, more than half a million people are expected to participate in the 41st annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., and most of those attending will be young people - better known as millennials. It wasn’t like that in the beginning, but the amount of young people involved in the movement today is documented fact. They come by the hundreds of thousands from every state in the nation, braving the bitter cold of January. Why January? Because that’s when the Supreme Court made its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, nationally legalizing abortion.At that first march, there were about 20,000 people in attendance and they began what has become a 41-year journey to regain every American’s right to life, both born and unborn. In the first few years of the movement, we saw non-violent demonstrations resulting in some arrests across the country. There were a few acts of violence in the 1980s, but the huge majority of those involved in the pro-life movement have faithfully worked to undo the Roe v. Wade decision through legal, respectful marches, rallies and lobbying efforts.

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