Jan 16, 2020
The famous Roe versus Wade and Doe versus Bolton twin-decisions of January 22,1973 are a black mark on American history. Since 1974, pro-life individuals from across the nation have gathered in Washington, D.C. on that anniversary. They have gone from the ellipse at the White House (often hearing a speech from the President and others) and then they march up to Capitol Hill.
The reason this is done is because an unjust law went into effect on this anniversary, the right to life was suspended by those twin decisions, and American citizens come as concerned individuals to their nation’s Capital. We gather in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the innocent child and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Legal protection must be restored for the unborn.
In subsequent years there have been many other walks assembled in the emulation of the March in Washington. In California, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego have all established local walks as a local substitute for the D.C. March For Life, but they have gradually taken on a slightly different character from the D.C. March.
First of all they do NOT direct people to hold accountable their elected representatives who either will vote to protect or to kill these children. Several of these walks prohibit that discussion in order to have a happy, celebratory event. This lack of civic responsibility and accountability by pro-lifers has come at a great cost.
Secondly, many of these walks now focus their walk on tangential issues of an emotional and perhaps religious nature, and some explicitly and openly are redefining what the right to life actually is.
This has led to a confused and generic concern over abortion, but specifically prevents an understanding of why pro-abortion legislators must be held accountable. With that direction it makes it impossible to restore the legal standards they are continuing to destroy.
The “Do More Than Walk” campaign was devised by a California Prolife volunteer in order to make the symbolic “efforts“ of walking around in a California city have much more significance and impact. “We don’t want to just make a statement, we want to make an impact.”
She decided to get pledges for her walking - much as a jog-a-thon does and direct those pledges to the California Prolife Education Fund, which educates on the real facts regarding abortion and the need to protect the unborn child through the law. This also allows pledgers a tax-deduction. Most importantly, she is also continuing to exercise for her own health and the sake of her own life but wants to continue exercising the rest of the year and wants to do that on behalf of those who can’t speak for themselves.
She’s brilliant!
You should exercise too, you know. We need you around!
You can also join in by going to Californiaprolife.org and signing up for the “Do More Than Walk” campaign. You get the exercise you need to lengthen your life, and you’ll make a difference on behalf of the lives of others who cannot speak for themselves.