Tens of thousands of people attended the annual March for Life demonstration in Washington, D.C. on Friday, the march against abortion which has been held for 44 years, in opposition of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
10 buses traveled from the Rochester Catholic Diocese. Among those on board, Father Tony Mugavero, the pastor of Holy Apostles Church in Rochester.
Even though the Roe V. Wade decision has remained in place all those years, Mugavero still feels these demonstrations are valuable for the people who attend.
“They learn more about it and it kind of gives them a greater understanding of what is actually taking place, and why it’s taking place, and they become more committed.”
Vice President Mike Pence also addressed the crowd.
The march came a week after the hundreds of thousands of people who took part in the March on Washington a week ago.
Mugavero says that actually, some of the women who took part in the March for Life would probably have some common ground with those who took part in last week's demonstration.
"I think in terms of the whole idea of expressing your views and things like that, there were many views expressed at that women's march that these women would actually agree with, but not in terms of these life issues.”
Mugavero says that some of the people in the March for Life felt that they were excluded from participating in last week's March on Washington.
